Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:18:09 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Cc: kris@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_malloc.c src/share/man/man9 Makefile redzone.9 src/sys/vm redzone.c redzone.h src/sys/conf NOTES files options Message-ID: <20060131151809.GE83051@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <200601311109.k0VB9MRq025366@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200601311109.k0VB9MRq025366@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--Pql/uPZNXIm1JCle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:09:22AM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: +> pjd 2006-01-31 11:09:22 UTC +>=20 +> FreeBSD src repository +>=20 +> Modified files: +> sys/kern kern_malloc.c=20 +> share/man/man9 Makefile=20 +> sys/conf NOTES files options=20 +> Added files: +> share/man/man9 redzone.9=20 +> sys/vm redzone.c redzone.h=20 +> Log: +> Add buffer corruption protection (RedZone) for kernel's malloc(9). +> It detects both: buffer underflows and buffer overflows bugs at runtime +> (on free(9) and realloc(9)) and prints backtraces from where memory was +> allocated and from where it was freed. +> =20 +> Tested by: kris As I noted above, Kris did some tests with redzone(9) enabled and haven't found any issues. We may want to turn it on in HEAD by default for some time, so more code can be tested. What do you think? Kris, is there visible overhead with redzone(9)? --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --Pql/uPZNXIm1JCle Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD33+xForvXbEpPzQRAuRdAJ9pSR23+em6qMnj8oYU2vLAUi69qwCfYmX5 18jwSuhBBycyRDTh7buzXw0= =udjd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Pql/uPZNXIm1JCle--
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