Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:18:29 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Security question: "Text file busy" overwriting executables but not shared libraries? |
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Trust me, MAP_COPY really _is_ stupid, and the Hurd is a piece of crap.
Isn't it a Mach thing ?
> People who think MAP_COPY is a good idea are people who cannot think about > the implications of it, and cannot think about the alternatives.
I guess thinking about the implications will come when the Hurd people seriously start porting their beast to other microkernels, say L4 ;)
This should be a spectacle worth watching (from a safe distance).
cheers,
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