Todd C. Miller <todd.mil...@sudo.ws> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:17:47 -0600, "Theo de Raadt" wrote:
>
> > OK. How any pieces of code were found which do that?
> >
> > I mean, code search for ' = alarm('
>
> In our tree? Just ksh.
>
> static void
> alarm_catcher(int sig)
> {
> int errno_ = errno;
>
> if (ksh_tmout_state == TMOUT_READING) {
> int left = alarm(0);
>
> if (left == 0) {
> ksh_tmout_state = TMOUT_LEAVING;
> intrsig = 1;
> } else
> alarm(left);
> }
> errno = errno_;
> }
Would the proposal to return UINT_MAX not break this code (which
stores it in int), and does the current return value of 0 not
actually make this code do the right thing?
