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Re: [PowerPC] Fix eh unwind segfault

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:27:50 +0930
Subject: Re: [PowerPC] Fix eh unwind segfault
References: <20040831050014.GD26692@bubble.modra.org> <m2r7pnhs8n.fsf@greed.local>

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:12:24PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> 
> I really don't think this kind of patch is a good idea.  It looks like
> a workaround for a bug elsewhere.

I've given up on it.  A segv handler won't work nicely with user segv
handlers.  mincore or /proc/self/maps scanning suffer from races.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

References:
- [PowerPC] Fix eh unwind segfault
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: [PowerPC] Fix eh unwind segfault
  - From: Geoffrey Keating

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