Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:46:35 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Szabolcs Szakacsits <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] NR_RESERVED_FILES broken in 2.4 too |
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> If, however, you believe that the above _is_ the case but it should _not_ > happen then you are proposing a completely new policy of file structure > allocation which you believe is superior. It is quite possible so let's > all understand your new policy and let Linus decide whether it's better > than the existing one. But if so, don't tell me you are fixing a bug > because it is not a bug -- it's a redesign of file structure allocator.
If it's not a bug then
- this comment from include/linux/fs.h should be deleted #define NR_RESERVED_FILES 10 /* reserved for root */ - books should be updated - people's mind also who believe kernel reserves fd's for superuser
Kernel from 2.1 plays lottery in this regards. And this would be another sad fact that the kernel is exteremely poor *out of the box* in regards security and relaibility ...
Szaka
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