Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 04:49:46 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib malloc.c Message-ID: <20030124024946.GB9500@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200301232126.h0NLQlqt059398@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200301232126.h0NLQlqt059398@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On 2003-01-23 13:26, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > For "sensitive" processes, we always set the 'A' flag which causes > abort() to be called on first sight of trouble. > > "sensitive" is somewhat arbitrarily defined as "setuid, setgid, uid > == root or gid == wheel". > > The 'A' option carries no performance penalty. > > It is not possible to override this setting: fix the program instead. That's not always possible, if the program comes in binary-only executables, but I guess nobody wants to run those binaries as root or wheel, right? > Revision Changes Path > 1.73 +7 -0 src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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