[4265] in bugtraq
Re: 2nd Linux kernel patch to remove stack exec
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Systemkennung Linux)
Sun Apr 13 15:10:43 1997
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 14:43:03 +0200
Reply-To: Systemkennung Linux <linux@MAILHOST.UNI-KOBLENZ.DE>
From: Systemkennung Linux <linux@MAILHOST.UNI-KOBLENZ.DE>
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In-Reply-To: <199704131906.QAA06271@sun1.ideal.ru> from "solar@sun1.ideal.ru"
at Apr 13, 97 04:06:38 pm
Hi,
> About GCC trampolines -- yes, there is a problem, but in reality it turns
> out to be quite easy to solve; also, nested functions, and especially
> those which address gets passed somewhere else, are not common in real
> world applications -- one of the reasons is that it's a GNU C extension.
Objective C uses trampolines, also. GNU libc 2.0 uses trampolines ...
Admited trampolines are a stupid idea because their performance sucks
on many architectures.
Ralf
