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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2014-07-09 10:41:11 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2014-07-09 10:41:11 +0000
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* exceptions.cc (exception::myfault_handle): Rephrase comment.
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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
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--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -564,7 +564,10 @@ exception::myfault_handle (LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS ep)
case STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION:
case STATUS_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT:
#if 0
- /* Short-circuiting STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW disables stack commits. */
+ /* PAGE_GUARD-based stack commits are based on structured exception
+ handling. Short-circuiting STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW in a vectored
+ exception handler disables that, which can ultimately result in
+ a spurious SEGV. */
case STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW:
#endif
case STATUS_ARRAY_BOUNDS_EXCEEDED: