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Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow
From: casper () HOLLAND SUN COM (Casper Dik)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 22:25:32 +0100
Warning: This program will cause unpredictable behavior of the whole system!!! While killing this program kernel will print many messages: VFS: iput: trying to free free inode
I think the main error here is the way Linux handles this particular condition. Since the kernel has encountered an error conditions which indicates an error it cannot recover from it should panic. It should not continue, as that makes matters worse (making a denial of service attack into a data corruption/security problem) You should always check for errors, but you must make sure you handle them properly. Casper
Current thread:
- Linux inode.i_count overflow Aleph One (Jan 14)
- Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow Alan Cox (Jan 14)
- Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow David LeBlanc (Jan 14)
- Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow Pete (Jan 14)
- Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow Casper Dik (Jan 14)
- Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow Alan Cox (Jan 14)