Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 May 2009 10:57:03 +0300 | From | Pekka Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/5] Support for sanitization flag in low-level page allocator |
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Larry H. wrote: > Furthermore, selective clearing doesn't solve the roots of the problem. > It's just adding bandages to a wound which never stops bleeding. I > proposed an initial page flag because we could use it later for > unconditional page clearing doing a one line change in a header file. > > I see a lot of speculation on what works and what doesn't, but > there isn't much on the practical side of things, yet. I provided test > results that proved some of the comments wrong, and I've referenced > literature which shows the reasoning behind all this. What else can I do > to make you understand you are missing the point here?
Hey, if you want to add a CONFIG_ZERO_ALL_MEMORY_PARANOIA thing that can be disabled, go for it! But you have to find someone else to take the merge the SLAB bits because, quite frankly, I am not convinced it's worth it. And the hand waving you're doing here isn't really helping your case, sorry.
Pekka
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