In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Srikanth Vishwanathan" writes: >I think I know atleast one reason for the client crashes.
i have also noticed increasing numbers of 'attacks' on afs clients. considering the readability of the afs code in places, this does worry me a bit. >is that rxi_Alloc may call osi_Alloc (afs_osi_Alloc()) or >osi_AllocMediumSpace() or osi_AllocSmall() depending on the >system type and/or the amount of memory needed. >... >This is because on Linux, rxi_Alloc always calls osi_Alloc >(afs_osi_Alloc), which makes it OK. i think this raises a bigger question. should afs still be using its own 'internal' allocater? most modern operating systems memory allocators should be robust enough that this is no longer necessary. _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
