[ksh93-integration-discuss] [ast-users] Crash on 64bit systemwith vmalloc from libast

[Glenn Fowler]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:17:11 +0200 Dr. Werner Fink wrote:

> To be noted: the mount system call used in Linux requires five
> arguments source, target, filesystemtype, mount flags, and data.
> In other words using mount with only four arguments for the
> 3D file system, which is unkown under Linux, cause an error in
> valgrind.  I've done a simple patch to work around this problem.
> On the other hand the 3D file system is not known under Linux,
> therefore it should safe to use -DSHOPT_FS_3D=0 as compile option.

the 3d filesystem is a user level filesystem that intercepts pathname
system calls via LD_PRELOAD, so -DSHOPT_FS_3D=0 is not a solution
for those that wish to use 3d on linux

I will roll in the part of the ksh 3d patch(es) that avoid valgrind complaints
thanks

-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --