GNU bug report logs - #18410
Use SAFE_ALLOCA etc. to avoid unbounded stack allocation.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 06:10:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 18410 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18410: Use SAFE_ALLOCA etc. to avoid unbounded stack allocation.
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:49:32 -0400

> Actually, we are in violent agreement.  The point I was making is that
> given that we want to check for stack overflow, we don't need 2 such
> checks.  I didn't mean at all to say that we should be less careful
> about avoiding stack overflows.

Good.

I just wanted to clarify since the "moot discussion" was about
increasing MAX_ALLOCA, which would increase the risk of stack overflow.


        Stefan
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