The patch titled x86_64: ratelimit segfault reporting rate has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was x86_64-ratelimit-segfault-reporting-rate.patch This patch was dropped because it was nacked ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: x86_64: ratelimit segfault reporting rate From: Andrea Righi <righiandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Limit the rate of the kernel logging for the segfaults of user applications, to avoid potential message floods or denial-of-service attacks. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <a.righi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c~x86_64-ratelimit-segfault-reporting-rate arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c --- a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c~x86_64-ratelimit-segfault-reporting-rate +++ a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ bad_area_nosemaphore: (address >> 32)) return; - if (exception_trace && unhandled_signal(tsk, SIGSEGV)) { + if (exception_trace && unhandled_signal(tsk, SIGSEGV) && + printk_ratelimit()) { printk( "%s%s[%d]: segfault at %016lx rip %016lx rsp %016lx error %lx\n", tsk->pid > 1 ? KERN_INFO : KERN_EMERG, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from righiandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are x86_64-ratelimit-segfault-reporting-rate.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html