X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:09:37 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.5: Occasional failure of CreatePipe or signal handing due to thread-unsafe code in cwdstuff::set Message-ID: <20100915100937.GP15121@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A158EDA702D@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> <20100904092626.GE16534@calimero.vinschen.de> <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A158EDA704C@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> <20100911103010.GM16534@calimero.vinschen.de> <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A15945FDD78@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> <20100914081225.GE16534@calimero.vinschen.de> <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A15945FDD80@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> <20100914185932.GJ15121@calimero.vinschen.de> <20100914190208.GK15121@calimero.vinschen.de> <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A15945FDD8B@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C031C390CBF1E4A8CE1F74DE7ECAF3A15945FDD8B@MBX8.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sep 14 22:11, John Carey wrote: > On Sep 14 12:02, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > True. Implementing a full replacement for SetCurrentDirectory as in > > your PoC is still an option. However, I can't do that anymore since > > I'm tainted by reading your code. If you would contemplate to sign > > a copyright assignment(**), we could create a more thorough solution > > with code scanning and all that in the long run. > > > > In the meantime, I could apply my patch and we can try how well it > > works, hacked as it is. > > Sorry, I had not realized that I would cause a problem > by supplying proof of concept code. I'll inquire... I'm looking forward. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple