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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] mm->owner to mm->memcg fixes
On Wed 23-05-18 14:46:43, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
[...]
> As two processes sharing an mm is useless and highly unlikely there is
> no need to handle this case well, it just needs to be handled well
> enough to prevent an indefinite loop. So when css_tryget_online fails
> just treat the mm as belong to the root memory cgroup.

Does that mean that a malicious user can construct such a task and
runaway from its limits?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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