From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 22 5: 8:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from segfault.kiev.ua (segfault.kiev.ua [193.193.193.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B50AA37B418 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 05:08:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by segfault.kiev.ua (8) with UUCP id PDD14653; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:08:11 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua) Received: (from netch@localhost) by iv.nn.kiev.ua (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f8MBsQ602932; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:54:26 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from netch) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:54:26 +0300 From: Valentin Nechayev To: Matt Dillon Cc: Alfred Perlstein , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bug in sshd - signal during free() Message-ID: <20010922145426.A686@iv.nn.kiev.ua> References: <200109172032.f8HKW6M41638@earth.backplane.com> <20010917160103.Z968@elvis.mu.org> <200109172104.f8HL45641959@earth.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200109172104.f8HL45641959@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 02:04:05PM -0700 X-42: On Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 14:04:05, dillon (Matt Dillon) wrote about "Re: bug in sshd - signal during free()": > It's funny... they had an XXX comment in there so obviously someone > was a little jittery about it. I think they just didn't realize that > a malloc() might occur inside the signal handler or they would have > fixed it long ago. Have they real reason to do regeneration in signal handler, instead of interrupting a wait and using a notification variable? I cannot imagine such reason. > UNIX signals suck. - I hate cats! They smells, their hair flies everywhere! - Oh, dear, you simply should study how to cook them better. (sorry for possible translation stones) /netch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message