On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 14:22, Bohdan Vlasyuk wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 01:54:35PM +0000, Andrew Ebling wrote: > > >>> ii) disable CPU hardware cache for rogue processes > >> This one needs more explanation > > If the CPU hardware cache was disabled for all vm areas belonging to > > the rogue process, other processes cache hit ratio and execution > > speed would not be hit so hard. > This probably could be set on process own volition, perhaps as mmap > flag, couldin't it? It could be, but a malicious user wouldn't set that flag would they?! It should not be possible for a non-super user to deliberately bring the system to it's knees... Andy -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
