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Re: pthreads works, sorta


The last patch was bad - sorry! (path.cc had a copy-n-pasto).

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>; <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: pthreads works, sorta


> changelog:
>
> Wed Jun 27 23:30:00 2001  Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hotmail.com>
>
>     * path.cc (check_null_empty_path): Change from VirtualQuery to
> IsBadWritePtr.
>     * resource.cc (getrlimit): Ditto.
>     (setrlimit): Ditto.
>     * thread.cc (check_valid_pointer): Ditto.
>
>
> What about the other instances of virtualQuery? Or are the appropriate..
>
> Rob (Your humble delegate).
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:35 PM
> Subject: 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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