> If the exploit has as a part of it "kill bdflush", then I'm not
> interested. That's like asking you to cut off your leg and seeing
> if you bleed to death,
If bdflush was in kernel space I would agree. However, as pointed
out, as is the kernel is now dependent on some user-space process to
behave itself.
I know this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think it needs
to be encouraged either.
-cw
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