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Re: alloca is bad?


Nick Duffek <nsd@redhat.com> writes:

> 
> On 12-Nov-2000, Michael Meissner wrote:
> 
> >For malloc overruns, I typically just link in with -lefence or other
> >tools, and it is fairly obvious where the bug is.
> 
> For alloca overruns, one could get similar results by recompiling with
> libiberty's alloca and linking with -lefence.

Usually, by the time I've discovered the problem is related to alloca
at all, I've found the bug anyway.

I guess I could just always build with the malloc-based alloca and
-lefence, but...
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