Re: pthreads works, sorta

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:10:35PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 
>> 
>> More experimenting with my home computer, dual pIII 850:
>> 
>> 1. 117  157 328
>> 2. 822 1527 ---
>> 3. 194  240 453
>> 4. 169  181 516
>> 
>As usual, I write a missive, then solve the puzzle.
>
>try this:
>
>
>int __stdcall
>check_valid_pointer (void *pointer)
>{
>  if (!pointer || IsBadWritePtr(pointer, sizeof (verifyable_object)))
>    return EFAULT;
>  return 0;
>}

This is not quite the same thing as VirtualQuery.  This verifies that the
process can write to memory.  It doesn't verify that it is accessible.

Maybe that is not important but I would have to think about this.

Nice find, though, Rob.

cgf

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