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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...>
Cc: Duane Griffin <duaneg@...>, linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>, <stable@...>, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from gdb causes unkillable spinning
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 9:17 pm

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:

Yes, I phrased that badly. I meant that I'd be happier if we got rid of 
VM_MAYSHARE entirely, and just used VM_SHARED. I thought we already made 
them always be the same (and any VM_MAYSHARE use is historical).

		Linus
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2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from gdb..., Duane Griffin, (Tue Oct 30, 8:45 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 2:42 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., David Miller, (Wed Oct 31, 2:56 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 3:41 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., David Miller, (Wed Oct 31, 3:44 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., David Miller, (Fri Nov 2, 1:02 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Fri Nov 2, 6:45 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Ingo Molnar, (Fri Nov 2, 11:36 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 12:19 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Wed Oct 31, 11:11 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 11:19 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Wed Oct 31, 11:59 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 6:55 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Wed Oct 31, 7:08 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Oct 31, 10:37 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Nov 1, 11:14 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Thu Nov 1, 11:47 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Nov 1, 12:08 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Thu Nov 1, 7:56 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Nov 1, 9:17 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Nick Piggin, (Fri Nov 2, 2:30 am)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Duane Griffin, (Wed Oct 31, 1:19 pm)
Re: 2.6.23 regression: accessing invalid mmap'ed memory from..., Duane Griffin, (Wed Oct 31, 6:27 am)