Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 26 Oct 1996 15:50:34 +0100 (BST) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Re: reproduceable GPF in 2.0.23 with Quota when unmounting /proc |
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On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Mark Levitt wrote:
> I'm a little confused about this whole issue. Is there any legitimate > situation where unmounting /proc would be useful?
1) Is there any legitimate situation where we WANT the kernel to OOPS on a VALID command?
2) The bug appears quota/mount related, it would not surprise me if the same bug can bite people in situations other than umount /proc.
> Obviously, you can't unmount it unless your root, and root can always do > lots of things that would cause an oops or downright crash the machine.
We've been through this plenty of times recently. Please re-read recent posts on the topic.
Chris.
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