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From: Matias Zabaljauregui
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Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 2:22 pm
hello,
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>> I'm guessing that the missing comment explains that this is intentional, >> to trap buffer overflows?
yes, IIRC the pages between vmalloc areas are there for safety reasons. (like the interval inserted before the first area, defined by VMALLOC_OFFSET) regards Matias --
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Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Avi Kivity
, (Tue Oct 28, 2:03 pm)
Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Glauber Costa
, (Tue Oct 28, 2:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Roland Dreier
, (Tue Oct 28, 2:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Matias Zabaljauregui
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Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Arjan van de Ven
, (Tue Oct 28, 2:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Roland Dreier
, (Tue Oct 28, 3:03 pm)
[PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Glauber Costa
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Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Nick Piggin
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Re: [PATCH] regression: vmalloc easily fail.
, Avi Kivity
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, Glauber Costa
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, Nick Piggin
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, Avi Kivity
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, Nick Piggin
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