On 04/02, Frantisek Hrbata wrote: > > Meaning there is a possibility to use mmap > on /dev/mem and cause system panic. It's probably not that serious, because > access to /dev/mem is limited and the system has to have panic_on_oops set, > but > still I think we should check this and return error.
Personally I agree. Even if panic_on_oops == F, do_page_fault(PF_RSVD) leading to pgtable_bad() doesn't look good. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
