1.7.5: Occasional failure of CreatePipe or signal handing due to thread-unsafe code in cwdstuff::set

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Sep 15 13:39:00 GMT 2010


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

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