Jason's 7, actually.
On 26 January 2013 10:19, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote: > For view callbacks, we also want to insist on an upper runtime bound, > the os_process_timeout feature that protects us (somewhat) from > runaway functions. > > On 26 January 2013 08:39, Jason Smith (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> [ >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1643?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13563398#comment-13563398 >> ] >> >> Jason Smith commented on COUCHDB-1643: >> -------------------------------------- >> >> A few more (starting to overlap a bit but IMO that is fine): >> >> 5. require() is not possible. There is no access to any >> functions/objects/APIs except what is given. In fact, require() is to load >> from the ddoc, not Node.js. >> 6. Nothing from the "couch" side of the call stack is visible, e.g. `(new >> Error).stack` is unhelpful >> 7. DOS is not possible, e.g. while(true) {} >> >> >>> Switch to V8 >>> ------------ >>> >>> Key: COUCHDB-1643 >>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1643 >>> Project: CouchDB >>> Issue Type: Improvement >>> Components: JavaScript View Server >>> Reporter: Jan Lehnardt >>> >>> I’d like to propose that we switch to the V8 JavaScript engine to mitigate >>> the various issues we have with SpiderMonkey. >>> This ticket acts as the meta-issue where we can discuss whether we all >>> agree and what needs doing. individual tasks then can get their own tickets. >> >> -- >> This message is automatically generated by JIRA. >> If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators >> For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
