Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:43:29PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> > This is straying from the core issue...  But, Arjan's saying that an RT
> > (non-root) task could trash the filesystem if it deadlocks the machine
> > (because those important fs and IO threads don't run).
> 
> Lexicographic ambiguity: Lee and Paul are using "trash" for things
> like installing a hidden suid root shell or co-opting sendmail into an
> open spam relay.  Arjan just means crashing the system which forces
> reboot to run fsck.

I actually meant data corruption.
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