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Re: Dynamic modules: MODULE_HANDLE_SIGNALS etc.


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Dynamic modules: MODULE_HANDLE_SIGNALS etc.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:03:34 +0200

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>  address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:48:32 -0800
> 
>     The only real change we have to make is to have Emacs longjmp not to
>     return_to_command_loop (which might skip module frames), but to longjmp
>     instead to the most deeply nested entry point from module code into
>     Emacs, which we can set up in advance whenever a module calls into the
>     Emacs API.
> 
> Yes, that looks like something we should do, then, to get stack overflow 
> checking working with modules.

If that means letting modules run arbitrary stack unwinding code on
the alternate stack, I'm against that.  Doing so will significantly
lower the chances for a successful recovery (which means at least
letting the user safely save their work and exit the session).



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