Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: mgittens(at)gits(dot)nl (Maurice Gittens)
Cc: marc(at)fallon(dot)classyad(dot)com, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, mgittens(at)david(dot)gits(dot)nl, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)
Date: 1998-03-22 20:01:43
Message-ID: 199803222001.PAA17498@candle.pha.pa.us
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> >
> >OK, then why is electric fence telling him to make DOUBLEALIGN match
> >INTALIGN? You would think that if this change made sense, we would be
> >having some Linux problems, but we don't.
>
> Don't you think it's dangerous to presume that a problem doesn't exist
> just because you've never noticed it?
> Umm, -:)

Yes. I am not staying it doesn't exist, but that we need to research it
further before applying a change that will affect so much code.

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