linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ksm: mremap use err from ksm

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4AA53AB0.8030508@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:54:08 +0300
From:	Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ksm: mremap use err from ksm_madvise

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> mremap move's use of ksm_madvise() was assuming -ENOMEM on failure,
> because ksm_madvise used to say -EAGAIN for that; but ksm_madvise now
> says -ENOMEM (letting madvise convert that to -EAGAIN), and can also
> say -ERESTARTSYS when signalled: so pass the error from ksm_madvise.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
> ---
>   
Acked-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/