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Re: pthreads works, sorta


On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:29:32AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:10:35PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Greg Smith [mailto:gsmith@nc.rr.com]
>> 
>>> 
>>> More experimenting with my home computer, dual pIII 850:
>>> 
>>> 1. 117  157 328
>>> 2. 822 1527 ---
>>> 3. 194  240 453
>>> 4. 169  181 516
>>> 
>>As usual, I write a missive, then solve the puzzle.
>>
>>try this:
>>
>>
>>int __stdcall
>>check_valid_pointer (void *pointer)
>>{
>>  if (!pointer || IsBadWritePtr(pointer, sizeof (verifyable_object)))
>>    return EFAULT;
>>  return 0;
>>}
>
>This is not quite the same thing as VirtualQuery.  This verifies that the
>process can write to memory.  It doesn't verify that it is accessible.
>
>Maybe that is not important but I would have to think about this.
>
>Nice find, though, Rob.

I've thought about it.  IsBadWritePtr should be fine in both check_null_empty_path
and check_valid_pointer.

Could you submit a patch, Rob?  If you are motivated, I'd appreciate a cleanup
patch for resource.cc, too.

cgf

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