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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:34:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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cc: Dave Korn <dk AT artimi DOT com>
Subject: RE: cat /proc/registry/HKEY_PERFOMANCE_DATA/@ hangs
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > In particular, the fact that you see a SEGV the second time round -
> > which is what my analysis above demonstrates should happen if the size
> > variable is NOT reinited each time round the loop - makes me think you
> > didn't actually test the right code.  You better double-check.
>
> Triple-checked.  Your analysis would have been correct for any key but
> HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA.

Forgot to mention: if I allocate a large enough buffer (~128k), I get a
SEGV on the first iteration.
	Igor
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