-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Al Viro wrote: > Exactly. Put it another way, randomizer is a stress-tester.
... and a security mechanism. And as such it is only useful if it is used. Probably it should be policy-controlled whether you can turn it off. > Note that > #define NR_FILES <some constant> > > for (i = 0; i < NR_FILES; i++) > close(i); You're confusing the problems. This is not the argument for having a separate file descriptor set. It is the argument to have hidden file descriptors. Randomization has nothing whatsoever to do with this example. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGagAg2ijCOnn/RHQRAhV+AJ9qT2epTxDWWS++74f+vrV3NucVHACdGkxm MULoyE+0NY7dSHcB2epKe7w= =o3+1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/
