On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 08:45:24AM -0400, bscott@ntisys.com wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, at 11:44am, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > > If I follow the VM code chain correctly down to find_extend_vma(), an > > offset into a page gets silently ignored on finding the VMA. This will > > petentially cause a user page to be overwritten corrupting user data which > > shouldn't cause the system to hang, but your process to go nuts. > > Um, is this a current bug other people should be worrying about? Well, in case they have the user space buffers page aligned, they should be fine :) > > -- > Ben Scott <bscott@ntisys.com> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
