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Re: [PATCH][RFC] Allow explicit shrinking of arena heaps using anenvironment variable


On 08/02/2012 03:01 AM, Rich Felker wrote:

That's silly. It's a fundamental part of how commit accounting works.

I think we're actually in agreement. I'm just reporting my experience trying to colvince folks to rely on PROT_NONE. I'm not disputing that PROT_NONE doesn't work with current kernels.


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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team


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