From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: allocate_string_data memory corruption Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:48:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87vewha2zl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87wtgxdr9p.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873bjkha3d.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137713521 14132 80.91.229.2 (19 Jan 2006 23:32:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Romain Francoise , Ken Raeburn , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 20 00:31:54 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 1EzjFr-0004Bc-8e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:31:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EzjIJ-0001EU-3X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:34:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EzieD-0007iH-9D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezie9-0007bQ-35 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezie8-0007bA-Os for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EziiF-0002Hr-Cw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:57:03 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CF3C5EE02E; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:49:48 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:57:01 -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:49280 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > I still believe in the race-condition-with-signal-handler, because I'm > absolutely sure there are bugs left in that area (which is why I came up > with the SYNC_INPUT patch in the first place). Please remind me why we don't use SYNC_INPUT by default (except on the mac)? Because it is *bug fun* to debug memory corruption? ;-/ -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk