Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Buggy drivers/modules needed | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 06 May 2003 00:07:56 -0400 |
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On Mon, 05 May 2003 20:36:32 PDT, Michael Swift <mikesw@cs.washington.edu> said:
> I'm working on a Linux patch to prevent buggy modules/drivers from causing > the kernel to crash. Instead, the kernel detects a crash in the driver, and > trans parently restarts the module. Currently this patch supports network > interface card drivers, sound drivers, and file systems.
What are you planning to do about protecting a buggy module/driver from causing a crash by stomping on somebody *elses* memory and corrupting some unrelated data structure? [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |