Svante Signell, le Tue 08 Nov 2011 17:05:18 +0100, a écrit : > On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 01:52 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Svante Signell, le Fri 14 Oct 2011 17:48:31 +0200, a écrit : > > > /* Avoid consuming stack as this module may be used from signal handler > > > */ > > > static char *binary_filename = NULL; > > > > > > It wouldn't work with alloca, maybe with malloc! > > > malloc has to be checked with > > upstream. If rb_dump_backtrace_with_lines is to be called from a *Unix* > > signal handler, then it is not safe to call malloc. The only solution > > is then to use a fixed-length array, i.e. the ifndef PATH_MAX define > > PATH_MAX lazy solution. > > I contacted upstream and they added the conditional definition of > PATH_MAX to 4096 in commit: r33675. A fixed-length buffer was the only > solution as you pointed out since the code at hand is run when the > program has crashed.
Could you forward the fix to Debian? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hurd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111108160843.gf4...@type.bordeaux.inria.fr
