Re: checker suggestion

2001-06-09 Thread Dawson Engler
> Struct padding is a problem. Really, there shouldn't be any > implicit padding. This causes: > > 1. security leaks when such structs are copied to userspace >(the implicit padding is uninitialized, and so may contain >a chunk of somebody's private key or password) > > 2. bloat, when

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2001-06-09 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Struct padding is a problem. Really, there shouldn't be any implicit padding. This causes: 1. security leaks when such structs are copied to userspace (the implicit padding is uninitialized, and so may contain a chunk of somebody's private key or password) 2. bloat, when struct members

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2001-06-09 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Struct padding is a problem. Really, there shouldn't be any implicit padding. This causes: 1. security leaks when such structs are copied to userspace (the implicit padding is uninitialized, and so may contain a chunk of somebody's private key or password) 2. bloat, when struct members

Re: checker suggestion

2001-06-09 Thread Dawson Engler
Struct padding is a problem. Really, there shouldn't be any implicit padding. This causes: 1. security leaks when such structs are copied to userspace (the implicit padding is uninitialized, and so may contain a chunk of somebody's private key or password) 2. bloat, when struct