On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:03:57 +0000 Aaron Tomlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is difficult to detect a stack overrun when it > actually occurs. > > We have observed that this type of corruption is often > silent and can go unnoticed. Once the corrupted region > is examined, the outcome is undefined and often > results in sporadic system crashes. > > When the stack tracing feature is enabled, let's check > for this condition and take appropriate action. > > Note: init_task doesn't get its stack end location > set to STACK_END_MAGIC. > > Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <[email protected]> > --- I added this to my 3.15 queue, and if it survives testing, I'll push it to my for-next branch. Thanks, -- Steve -- 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/
