Re: [GIT PULL] Revert "dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user"

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 12:06:55PM -0500, David Teigland wrote: > Please pull the following fix from branch: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/linux-dlm.git for-linus > > This reverts commit 2b75bc9121e54e22537207b47b71373bcb0be41c. Hi Linus, You can choose to pull

Re: [GIT PULL] Revert "dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user"

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 03:19:44PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > Hi David, > > This opens up a hole for userspace to force the kernel to allocate > huge chunks of memory, triggering oom killing spree and such. > > It should probably be fixed instead of just reverted. > > I'll look into it. Here

Re: [GIT PULL] Revert "dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user"

2013-02-04 Thread Sasha Levin
Hi David, This opens up a hole for userspace to force the kernel to allocate huge chunks of memory, triggering oom killing spree and such. It should probably be fixed instead of just reverted. I'll look into it. Thanks, Sasha On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:06 PM, David Teigland wrote: > Hi

[GIT PULL] Revert "dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user"

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
Hi Linus, Please pull the following fix from branch: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/linux-dlm.git for-linus This reverts commit 2b75bc9121e54e22537207b47b71373bcb0be41c. There is something wrong with the CONFIG_COMPAT max size check in ioctl write. There is a report of

[GIT PULL] Revert dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
Hi Linus, Please pull the following fix from branch: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/linux-dlm.git for-linus This reverts commit 2b75bc9121e54e22537207b47b71373bcb0be41c. There is something wrong with the CONFIG_COMPAT max size check in ioctl write. There is a report of

Re: [GIT PULL] Revert dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user

2013-02-04 Thread Sasha Levin
Hi David, This opens up a hole for userspace to force the kernel to allocate huge chunks of memory, triggering oom killing spree and such. It should probably be fixed instead of just reverted. I'll look into it. Thanks, Sasha On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:06 PM, David Teigland

Re: [GIT PULL] Revert dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 03:19:44PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: Hi David, This opens up a hole for userspace to force the kernel to allocate huge chunks of memory, triggering oom killing spree and such. It should probably be fixed instead of just reverted. I'll look into it. Here is the

Re: [GIT PULL] Revert dlm: check the maximum size of a request from user

2013-02-04 Thread David Teigland
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 12:06:55PM -0500, David Teigland wrote: Please pull the following fix from branch: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/linux-dlm.git for-linus This reverts commit 2b75bc9121e54e22537207b47b71373bcb0be41c. Hi Linus, You can choose to pull that