On Wed, 9 May 2001, Crispin Cowan wrote: > jmjonesat_private wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 May 2001, Crispin Cowan wrote: > > > Or just ignore it for now, and see if the artifact goes away or reverses itself. > > > Chasing cache artifacts can be a very expensive hobby :-) > > > > Just ignoring it will not *necessarily* make it go away, but it may be > > a temporary manifestation. Let's hope the coders don't "ignore it" but > > keep it in mind with future patches/code. > > "Just ignore it *and* see if the artifact goes away" means that yes, you do watch it. > If it goes away with the next rev, then it's a cache artifact, and not worth worrying > about. It can be very difficult to show that its just a cache artifact, and one of the > easiest ways is to just keep measuring as new releases come out. If the artifact is not > stable, then it is not worth chasing. > > Crispin > > -- > Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. > Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com > Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org > Totally, 100% agreed. Geoff |>------------------------------------------------------ || J. MELVIN JONES jmjonesat_private |>------------------------------------------------------ || Microcomputer Systems Consultant || Software Developer || Web Site Design, Hosting, and Administration || Network and Systems Administration |>------------------------------------------------------ || http://www.jmjones.com/ |>------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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