From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1F6YRD-0004bg-Kl for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:23:43 -0800 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.197]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1F6YRD-0002dA-5X for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:23:43 -0800 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so1321209wri for ; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:23:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: From: Ulrich Drepper In-Reply-To: <20060207185707.GB6841@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <200602070223.k172NpJa009654@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <20060207185707.GB6841@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Subject: [uml-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/8] UML - Define jmpbuf access constants Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:23:42 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: Jeff Dike Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On 2/7/06, Jeff Dike wrote: > Nope, that would be the next step if this turned out to be untenable, > which I guess it is. You have to do it if you want to keep using the setjmp interface. > You're actually encrypting them somehow? How? And why? For security reasons. > Is there a reason there can't be an API for looking at the contents of > a jmp_buf? It's not needed. There is no reason to look at the content of the struct except if you do something which isn't guaranteed by the spec. I'll definitely not add such an interface. If you need this functionality, implement it yourself. setjmp is most likely overkill anyway. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd_______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel