On 4/19/06, Adam Waltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the error message I have in kernel log, not very helpful :-): > Apr 18 14:05:29 [kernel] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > virtual address 00000018
That is a separate problem I think. A user-space program should be able to do anything [*] without causing the kernel to fall over. [*] Well, if the program uses iopl() or messes with the x86 LDT I suppose there could be a difference, but generally abitrarily-bad bahaviour on the part of a user-space program should not result in the kernel getting into difficulties. This statement assumes that root set up appropriate resource limits; if a program tries to allocate 130% of available virtual memory, the kernel is bound to have difficulty delivering. James. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
