Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 May 2009 02:05:13 -0700 | From | "Larry H." <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/5] Support for sanitization flag in low-level page allocator |
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On 10:57 Sat 30 May , Pekka Enberg wrote: > 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.
For a second I thought it was Ingo who was writing this e-mail. Apologies about the confusion.
What was the technical explanation and reasoning behind your remarks, again?
Larry
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