[UNIX] Linux Kernel do_brk() Vulnerablility (Explained) ... Get your security news from a reliable source. ... A critical security bug has been found in the Linux kernel 2.4.22 (and ... earlier) memory management subsystem.... for the code working at the lowest privilege level.... (Securiteam)
Re: Cached memory never gets released ... Stock linux 2.4.26 kernel.... Due to flash bug 3M of memory gets lost due to font memory getting lost ... The output of "free" cache number steadily grows. ... longer to exhaust all of system memory with the cache. ... (Linux-Kernel)
Re: Allocating kernel memory ... am doing has to be in kernel space - no other option. ... I never complained about the real memory that was used but pointed out ... the features of the architecture in the best possible way. ... Oh but wait, paging is there to ... (comp.os.linux.development.system)
Re: [PATCH -mm 1/5] Blackfin: blackfin architecture patch update ... the workload really doesn't matter. ... And that is the problem - the kernel doesn't know how much on chip ...memory an application which will be loaded in the future might need. ... Obviously you expect them to be sitting there with a profiler open... (Linux-Kernel)