Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: removal of brk()/sbrk().
To: None <ragge@ludd.luth.se, vaxzilla@jarai.org>
From: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/08/2002 15:44:25
| > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Anders Magnusson wrote:
| >
| > > Removal of the brk() and sbrk() interfaces, or actually: stop using the
| > > break() system call for process heap.
| > >
| > > [...]
| >
| > So... decisions? Or are we stuck in some sort of intractable deadlock
| > over this?
| >
| No, I don't think so. I will do some tests on a bunch of third-party
| programs, and if they work then that should be it :-)
Random testing is not sufficient to prove that this change is innocuous.
Eduardo