Re: Patch to fix Pax/Grsecurity Problems

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:45:49 +0100 (MET),
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Stephen Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > >> -	qsort(hctl->pelems, hctl->count, sizeof(*hctl->pelems), compar);
> > > >> +
> > > >> +	pthread_mutex_lock(&sync_lock);
> > > >> +	compare_hctl = hctl;
> > > >> +	qsort(hctl->pelems, hctl->count, sizeof(*hctl->pelems), hctl_compare);
> > > >> +	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sync_lock);
> > >
> > > I hope I don't sound to persistent but I am just wondering when this
> > > patch is going to be merged or if there is anything I can do to help
> > > speed it up.  Such as any changes to the patch etc.
> >
> > well, i'm also waiting for the response from others.
> 
> Looks fine.
> 
> We're already dependent on pthreads, and qsort doesn't pass extra
> parameters, so I don't see any better way to do this.
> ("Let's write our own sorting routine" is not better IMNSHO.)

agreed.  it's on cvs now.
(will be included in 1.0.2 release.)


thanks,

Takashi


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