On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:32:07 +0100
"Jurzitza, Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> nevertheless we may run into space issues because structures may grow on 
> their way from userland to kernel-country, thereby kmalloc() calls are 
> subject to earlier failures, as the maximum size of allocable memory for 
> kmalloc() remains the same.

We don't use kmalloc() always, in fact most often we use alloc_user_space()
(named compat_alloc_user_space()) so that the limits are the same.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Reply via email to