Really I need something a little more deterministic than a time limit. Is there a way to set an instruction limit? Or perhaps something similar to lua_sethook (http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/lua_sethook) in Lua which calls a callback every given number of instructions.
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:02 AM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 10:11 PM, James Lovejoy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to set a hard execution limit in the V8 engine? I want to > be > > able to prevent things like infinite loops and recursions. I realise that > > since V8 compiles to machine code I don't get a program counter or > anything. > > I feel like setting the "stack limit" is the right way to go but the > usage > > of this feature from the documentation is unclear. Can someone guide me > as > > to how to achieve such a limit? > > > > James > > If 'execution limit' means 'time limit': start a watchdog thread and > call v8::Isolate::TerminateExecution() from that thread on timeout. > It must be a thread, it's not safe to call from a signal handler. > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/v8-users/Qwdd66xCtTU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
