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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:47 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SHMEM question
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:04 EDT, Gene Heskett said:
> -r-------- 1 root root 67108904 2009-10-24 00:28 pulse-shm-3880918577
> That pulse-shm-3880918577 file at over 67 megabytes is all $00 till $04000000
> into it, then there is 6 non-zero bytes and the rest is back to all balls.
>
> Is this some indicator of a new rootkit or WTF?
No, it's pulseaudio. It uses shared mem to move audio data between client
programs and the pulseaudio server.
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