linux-kernel - Re: BUG_ON() in workingset_node_shadows

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

Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 22:43:45 -0400
From:   Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@...wn.link>,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BUG_ON() in workingset_node_shadows_dec() triggers

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

[...]

> I should have reacted to the damn added BUG_ON() lines. I suspect I
> will have to finally just remove the idiotic BUG_ON() concept once and
> for all, because there is NO F*CKING EXCUSE to knowingly kill the
> kernel.

A couple years ago Ingo had an idea to kill  BUG_ON abuse that I made
a 1st pass at.  Back then it seemed nobody cared.  Maybe that has since
changed?

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/30/359

P.
--