Re: New reliability technique

["Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 2/25/06, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/25/06, Victor Porton <porton@ex-code.com> wrote:
> > A minute ago I invented a new reliability enhancing technique.
> >
> > In idle cycles (or periodically in expense of some performance) Linux can
> > calculate MD5 or CRC sums of _unused_ (free) memory areas and compare these
> > sums with previously calculated sums.
> >
> > Additionally it can be done for allocated memory, if it will be write
> > protected before the first actual write. Moreover, all memory may be made
> > write-protected if it is not written e.g. more than a second. (When it
> > is written kernel would unlock it and allow to write, by a techniqie like
> > to how swap works.) If write-protected memory appears to be modified by
> > a check sum, this likewise indicates a bug.
> >
> > If a sum is inequal, it would notice a bug in kernel or in hardware.
> >
> > I suggest to add "Check free memory control sums" in config.
> >
>
> Implement it then and send a patch.
>

But, doesn't slab poisoning and the like already cover this ground somewhat?


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