GNU bug report logs - #10674
24.0.92; cmdproxy.exe fork-bomb

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From: Simon Morgan <sjm <at> spamcop.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10674: 24.0.92; cmdproxy.exe fork-bomb
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:22 +0000

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On 06/02/2012 09:26 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I modified cmdproxy.c to pinpoint which of the 3 tests leading to the
> recursive spawn fails, and also to report the error code explaining
> the failure.  Attached please find the modified source and the
> compiled executable.  After unzipping them in emacs's bin directory,
> please start GDB ("gdb cmdproxy.exe"), type "dir ." (to let it pick up
> the modified source), then run cmdproxy till the line where it calls
> spawn, and see what the values of i, j, k tell you about which test
> failed, and what the value of err says about the reason of the
> failure.

(gdb) p i
$1 = 33
(gdb) p j
$2 = 0
(gdb) p k
$3 = 0
(gdb) p err
$4 = 4885256

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