Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] init: Don't allocate modules on the stack (RHBZ#1339691).

Richard W.M. Jones
Wed, 25 May 2016 18:32:53 -0000

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 07:05:47PM +0200, Pino Toscano
wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 May 2016 17:38:47 Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > If the modules are unstripped and/or especially large, then the stack
> > can overflow.
> > ---
>
> LGTM.

Yup, Luiz Capitulino (the bug reporter) tested it and confirms it
works too.

Rich.

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