On May 11, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > So a regular user process can permanently lock up the display, requiring a > reboot, just by executing some bad GPU code?! That’s kind of a bad privilege > violation and could be considered a DoS exploit.
On the old 2008 non-unibody MacBook Pro that I used to have with the NVidia 8600M GT in it, you could do that just by executing some *good* GPU code. Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
