RE: Buggy drivers/modules needed

[Michael Swift]

I run drivers with a separate kernel page table, that write-protects
memory not in use by the driver. In addition, I verify that parameters
passed from a driver to the kernel are valid, so the kernel doesn't die
while dereferencing a pointer.

- Mike

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:08 PM
To: Michael Swift
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Subject: Re: Buggy drivers/modules needed 

On Mon, 05 May 2003 20:36:32 PDT, Michael Swift
<[e-mail]>  said:

> I'm working on a Linux patch to prevent buggy modules/drivers from 
> causing the kernel to crash. Instead, the kernel detects a crash in 
> the driver, and trans parently restarts the module. Currently this 
> patch supports network interface card drivers, sound drivers, and file

> systems.

What are you planning to do about protecting a buggy module/driver from
causing a crash by stomping on somebody *elses* memory and corrupting
some unrelated data structure?