Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:35:33 +0400 | From | Vasiliy Kulikov <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] ipc: introduce shm_rmid_forced sysctl |
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On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 13:25 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Furthermore, if testing shows that this is not actually breaking > anything in a serious way we could also in theory simplify the patch > and just make this the default behavior with no runtime ability to > switch it off.
I'm afraid it's impossible. From -ow readme:
"Of course, this breaks the way things are defined, so some applications might stop working. In particular, expect most commercial databases to break. Apache and PostgreSQL are known to work, though. :-)"
http://www.openwall.com/linux/README.shtml
But as it was written in days of Linux 2.4.x, the situation could have changed. A desktop system seems to work.
Thanks,
-- Vasiliy Kulikov http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environments
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