Re: [patch] af_unix fix for a panic a DoS and a memory leak [Re:

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@e-mind.com)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:05:55 +0100 (CET)


On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Michael Merhej wrote:

>I decided to run the standard kernel 2.2.2 in single processor mode on the
>same machine that kept crashing with all the kernel panics and segfaults
>in SMP mode and its been working like a charm for more than 14 hours.

It seems to me that SMP is not going to impact af_unix code. So I think
the lockup it's af_unix unrelated.

What happens with clean 2.2.2 SMP on such machine? Do you see the message
like "garbage stack overflow"?

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