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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
Cc: engler@csl.Stanford.EDU, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [CHECKER] 37 stack variables >= 1K in 2.4.17
Date: 13 Jun 2002 19:56:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d6uvxdts.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200206130638.XAA08477@csl.Stanford.EDU> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0206130254360.18281-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>

Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> writes:
> 
> I mean that due to the loop (link_path_walk->do_follow_link->foofs_follow_link
> ->vfs_follow_link->link_path_walk) you will get infinite maximal depth
> for everything that can be called by any of these functions.  And that's
> a _lot_ of stuff.

Surely an analysis pass can detect recursive function chains and flag them
(e.g. the global IPA alias analysis pass in open64 does this)

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-06-13 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-10  3:56 [CHECKER] 37 stack variables >= 1K in 2.4.17 Dawson Engler
2002-06-12  8:43 ` Pavel Machek
2002-06-12 19:11   ` Nikita Danilov
2002-06-12 21:51 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-06-12 22:26   ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-12 22:38     ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-06-12 22:44       ` Robert Love
2002-06-12 22:55         ` procfs documentation Tom Bradley
2002-06-13 11:17           ` John Levon
2002-06-13  0:20       ` [CHECKER] 37 stack variables >= 1K in 2.4.17 Alexander Viro
2002-06-13  8:30         ` Helge Hafting
2002-06-13 13:24           ` Roger Larsson
2002-06-14 10:06             ` Helge Hafting
2002-06-13  6:38     ` Dawson Engler
2002-06-13  6:59       ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-13 17:41         ` Daniel Phillips
2002-06-13 17:53           ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-13 18:45             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-06-13 17:56         ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2002-06-13 18:26           ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-13 19:01             ` Andi Kleen
2002-06-14  0:05               ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-06-13 21:50             ` Dawson Engler
2002-06-13 22:43               ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-06-14  0:25               ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-13  6:36   ` Dawson Engler
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-06-16  0:48 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16  1:08 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-16  7:47 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16  8:36 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-16  9:59 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16 10:33 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-16 10:56 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16 11:38 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-16 13:13 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16 18:51 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-16 20:41 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16 21:33 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-06-16 21:34 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-17 10:09 ` David Woodhouse
2002-06-16 22:05 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-16 23:57 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-17 11:07 Andries.Brouwer
2002-06-17 12:00 ` David Woodhouse

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