From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: allocate_string_data memory corruption Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:37:37 -0500 Message-ID: <87d5ik6u6c.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <87vewha2zl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87d5in9cop.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137960349 31994 80.91.229.2 (22 Jan 2006 20:05:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:05:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 22 21:05:47 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F0lT4-0004sF-HC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:05:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F0lVf-0005sn-5k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F0jHr-0006f6-Tt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:46:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F0jDE-0002o7-J2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:41:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F0jCR-0001Jt-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:40:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.93] (helo=tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1F0jGz-0001Lq-1D; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:45:05 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.115.65]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060122173737.JFCV5032.tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:37:37 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F576D73B3; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:37:37 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:57:35 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49402 Archived-At: >> I think instead they should be disallowed in signal handlers. And AFAIK >> they are disallowed. But it's quite possible that some signal handler >> does it, even though it's disallowed. > Why, is there any disadvantage to using BLOCK_INPUT in allocate_string > and Fcons? Performance, Stefan