* Roland McGrath <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Thank you for your detailed explanation and patch. I tested your
> > > patch, unfortunately it can not stop all kinds of overflow.
> > [...]
> > > So, the patch I posted is still needed
> >
> > thanks, i've picked up your fix for x86.git, for 2.6.25 merging.
>
> I just explained that not all overflows would be caught and that doing
> so would violate the semantics of e.g. longjmp. I don't see how the
> patch you've included now doesn't still have all those problems. I
> think it's wrong.
ok, i've dropped it and reinstated your original fix - i missed that
detail.
Ingo
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