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- From: martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: AIX malloc and fault tolerance
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.105731.17287@cadlab.sublink.org>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 10:57:31 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.135156.9166@medtron.medtronic.com> <1992Sep4.044125.861@portal.hq.videocart.com>
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- kdenning@portal.hq.videocart.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- ...
- :> 4) Even if I use this malloc wrapper everywhere in my own code,
- :> how do I deal with third-party code I purchase that calls the
- :> unwrapped malloc?
- :
- :You don't, other than to allow it to die. Oh, you had something >important<
- :in that program going on, like perhaps a financial transaction? Too bad --
- :that SIGKILL you just received can't be caught! So much for reliable
- :software.
-
- Exactly!
-
- :This is one of the reasons I hate AIX. There are lots of them, but this is
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- I don't have any other important reason for AIX-hating, but the horrendously
- bogous malloc() semantics may be enough...
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