Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 14:05:39 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dyson@FreeBSD.org Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 'dead' binary stays 'dead'? Message-ID: <199610100435.OAA17545@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199610100354.WAA11855@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Oct 9, 96 10:54:13 pm
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John S. Dyson stands accused of saying: > > > > ... but if these pages are the text and data, they're read-only, correct? > > ie. the only modification possible is via hardware error? > > > Or software bug :-). (Memory stomp could cause it, or an incorrect > mapping update in the VM code.) Argh. Not what I wanted to know 8( > We all need to keep an eye on the problem... This is the first time that > I have heard of it -- but doesn't mean that it isn't there :-)... Would it be possible to have the memory reclaimed immediately if the program is killed by an unhandled signal? Generally speaking one wouldn't expect that would be a situation one would optimise for, and it would perhaps improve robustness in cases such as this... > John -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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