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| author | Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx> | 2011-08-23 09:43:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx> | 2011-08-23 09:43:45 -0400 |
| commit | 1c8bead345eca58ddc5177a121142b527937adee (patch) | |
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use new a_crash() asm to optimize double-free handler.
gcc generates extremely bad code (7 byte immediate mov) for the old null pointer write approach. it should be generating something like "xor %eax,%eax ; mov %al,(%eax)". in any case, using a dedicated crashing opcode accomplishes the same thing in one byte.
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