Re: [patch] mlock-as-nonroot revisted

From: Rik van Riel (riel_at_redhat.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:51:27 -0400 (EDT)
    To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    
    

    On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:

    > I seem to recall that Andrea identified reasons why per-user mlock
    > limits were fundamentally broken/unsuitable, but I forget the details.
    > Perhaps he could remind us?

    Fixed in the current patch.

    > As for this patch: it's a new capability which will get basically zero
    > testing for the next year, which is a worry. How have you tested it, and
    > how much?

    It's been in RHEL3 for a while now. First with the
    the mistake Andrea identified, but that code's been
    fixed too now...

    -- 
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    Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
    by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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