Re: [odin-os-devel] memory manager interface

[Greg L. <gl...@ne...>]

Stanislav Karchebny wrote:
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> Use The Source, Greg!
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> Replying to your mail dated 04.10.2001 12:59,
> about "[odin-os-devel] memory manager interface":
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> GL> This will certainly want to be a privileged method since it is a
> GL> security flaw to allow untrusted components to do this.  But then, =
why
> GL> can't things that need to create_at just call the ORB's create
> GL> directly?  The job of the mem_mgr is to decide where at is.  If
> GL> create_at doesn't do that, what does is it's purpose?
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> This is privileged method and its purpose it to keep track of which
> memory was allocated. If you just call orb::create() there will be no
> record that this block of memory is acquired...

OK, fair enough

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> GL> Also, extending the idl compiler so that it accepts variadic argume=
nts
> GL> should be trivial.
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> ehh... I'll try.... yacc/lex aren't my best friends.

Well, you could just say have a type like "variadic" to get it through
the IDL compiler, and hash-define that variadic to ...  Should work.

Greg


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