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Re: [Patch]: heap_chunk_size
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:52:08 -0500
- Subject: Re: [Patch]: heap_chunk_size
- References: <3.0.5.32.20040202202201.007e7e80@incoming.verizon.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:22:01PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>Here is a no brainer patch that eliminates the use of "heap_chunk" in
>the cygwin shared. That removes a source of DOS attack and it's
>another step towards the demise of the cygwin shared.
This isn't a no-brainer. This value is stored in the shared memory to
avoid the runtime cost of registry lookups by every cygwin program.
cgf