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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] ash: clear sa_flags always
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2011-04-16 18:06:09
Message-ID: 201104162006.09774.vda.linux () googlemail ! com
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On Tuesday 12 April 2011 00:28, Ian Wienand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Without explicit zeroing this sigaction call can pass random values
> off the stack.  I guess Linux doesn't mind this, but other kernels
> might :) But in a generic sense, since you're passing random values
> there's no guarantee that actually you won't pass some bit that
> actually means something in the future.

Applied, thanks.
-- 
vda
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