On Thu, 24 May 2007 11:55:03 +0200 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:35 +0200 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > * Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Well OK. But vdso-print-fatal-signals.patch is designated > > > > not-for-mainline anyway. > > > > > > btw., why? > > > > err, because that's what I decided a year ago. I wonder why ;) > > > > Perhaps because of the DoS thing, but it has a /proc knob and defaults > > to off, so it should be OK. > > yeah. There's also a boot option. To address the DoS angle, should i > make it optionally printk_ratelimit() perhaps? (although often the > messages come in streams and skipping a message can be annoying) I don't think so, really. It takes a deliberate act to turn the thing on, after all. I we _were_ concerned about the logspam then it might be better to make the feature turn itself off after 100 messages, rather than ratelimiting it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
