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| author | mark@chromium.org <mark@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2011-08-22 23:27:13 +0000 |
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| committer | mark@chromium.org <mark@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2011-08-22 23:27:13 +0000 |
| commit | 40417dd678669799edc089eebf4227c87bb77fc0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ac40e954a0a4b5ba8aa83e9662bf452e6f752dc /third_party/mach_override/README.chromium | |
| parent | 6d780fd50a98e2f2bd5da87e2d18d6dc46f3d98a (diff) | |
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Allocate mach_override "reentry islands" in high memory using vm_allocate,
rather than putting them in the heap using malloc. Ownership of page
protection bits in the heap is dubious.
BUG=93736
TEST=Watch the canary crashes tomorrow
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7710011
git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@97770 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/third_party/mach_override/README.chromium b/third_party/mach_override/README.chromium index 0e7e394..96b0cf7 100644 --- a/third_party/mach_override/README.chromium +++ b/third_party/mach_override/README.chromium @@ -19,4 +19,10 @@ implementations at run time. Local Modifications: -None. All local changes have been upstreamed. +reentryIsland is allocated in high memory with vm_allocate rather than the +heap with malloc by changing the allocation policy to kAllocateHigh. It +appears probable that putting the reentry island in the heap causes its page +to lose execute permission at some point under some circumstances, which +results in a crash on Lion. This modification is temoprary to simply test +out the theory. If proven, the code will be improved somewhat. +http://crbug.com/93736. |