Re[2]: THREATCON --> Re: scriptkids on this list

[Mikhail Iakovlev <misha () cerber no> (Mikhail Iakovlev)]

Hello silvio,

Seems to me like a good idea too, did you consider sending your
suggestions to gcc team?

Mik-



Friday, September 27, 2002, 9:08:19 PM, you wrote:

sbna> Aplogies Mik :)

sbna> --

sbna> Does anyone think something like hints for compiler should be more
sbna> standardized in specifications or os?

sbna> I mean.. it wold be nice to have something like this in gcc standard
sbna> includes and every other compiler (as optional implementation).

sbna> #define NORETURN

sbna> #if we are in gcc and its implemented
sbna> #undef  NORETURN
sbna> #define NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
sbna> #endif

sbna> and then go through things like all the usage functions in your system
sbna> and change them to use it.

sbna> if this were done across the free opensource os's, i'm sure alot of
sbna> people could get involved into submitting patches, since it would be
sbna> only trivial changes.

sbna> for me.. i think noreturn is a good compiler hint.  it makes for smaller
sbna> code, and helps program analysis.  almost every binary on your system
sbna> does an exit in usage(), so these are good places to add this straight off
sbna> the bat, with the entire system thus benefitting.

sbna> I personally dont like the idea of adding attributes directly, since they
sbna> are quite gcc specific. or even using the builtin's to be honest,
sbna> but if they are macro's that can be changed easily, i say even the
sbna> builtin branch prediction and almost everything else should become
sbna> standardized as macro's, which are purely optional in implementation (but
sbna> would be with gcc!).

sbna> --
sbna> Silvio


sbna> On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 07:59:41PM +0200, Mikhail Iakovlev wrote:
> > Hello silvio,
> >
> > Friday, September 27, 2002, 7:48:45 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > sbna> THREATCON ADVISORY 1.21 --> "b4ck t0 th3 futur3"
> >
> > sbna> Be w4rned. this advisory requires 1.21 jiggyflopz of electricity to
> > sbna> get you back to 1996.
> >
> > Silvio, please read my mail again. It doesn't concern you, and to be
> > honest I am surprised that you replied :)
> >
> > I have no questions about your abilities at all. Never had any.
> >
> > Mik-
> >
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 Mikhail                            mailto:misha () cerber no