Subject: Re: 2nd review of fixes to sig_return() and LDT's
To: None <brezak@apollo.hp.com>
From: Bruce Evans <bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/09/1994 02:13:41
>> What I mean to say is that i386/machdep.c::sendsig() uses this logic to
>> send a signal to the precess when a bad stack is detected.

> not just a "bad stack", and *IMPOSSIBLE* stack.  read the code:

I think you allow weird stack segments (e.g., ss = 0; do you allow the
segment base to be nonzero?) so it's difficult to tell when a stack is
impossible - useracc() is inadequate.  Perhaps this could be handled like
copyout().

Bruce

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