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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2007 16:09:13 +0700
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS DOWN
Message-ID:  <20070513090913.GA70647@samodelkin.net>
In-Reply-To: <f25m78$ik$2@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <20070512153532.GQ21795@elvis.mu.org> <63984.1178992555@critter.freebsd.dk> <f25m78$ik$2@sea.gmane.org>

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Hi!

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 02:30:29AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:

> >> I like how phk malloc has it as an option.
> > 
> > But notice that it is not an option for programs that runs as root
> > or setuid/setgid etc.
> > 
> > Given the hostility of networks, I would support a more hardcore
> > attitude to memory mismanagement these days.
> 
> Just a data point: many people were turned away from FreeBSD because a
> few PHP releases did a double-free or malloc-inside-signal-handler
> calls. Yes, GNU's malloc should have been stricter, but it's not funny
> when your apache crashes with SIGABORT.

That's not a valid argument. PHP developers hate apache2 and threads. So what?

/fjoe



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