Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/1998/07/13/07:39:31
>From: Sergey Okhapkin <sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru>
>Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:33:33 +0400
>
>Wed Jul 8 15:05:10 1998 DJ Delorie <dj AT cygnus DOT com>
>
> * fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::lseek): Note lseek so that next
> write() can check for the Win95 "gap" bug.
> (fhandler_base::write): If Win95 and lseek past eof
> followed by write, use WriteFile to force the "gap" to be filled
> with zeros rather than left to the "undefined" data Win32 specifies.
> (fhandler_base::fhandler_base): initialize check_win95_lseek_bug_.
> * fhandler.h (class fhandler_base): Add check_win95_lseek_bug_
> for bug: when seek past EOF and write, win95 fills with random
> data (security hole).
>
>Shouldn't check_win95_lseek_bug_ be saved in linearize and restored in
>delinearize? Lseek() may be performed in parent, but write() - in execed
>child.
Nice catch, Sergey. This should be fixed in the next snapshot. It
will be caught automatically (I hope) by my new, improved version of
the linearize/de_linearize functions.
-Chris
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