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Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add vectorized getenv for glibc use
- From: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot intel dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 03:49:57 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add vectorized getenv for glibc use
- References: <1368225725-14283-1-git-send-email-andi at firstfloor dot org> <1368225725-14283-2-git-send-email-andi at firstfloor dot org> <5191DFB8 dot 4030709 at redhat dot com> <20130528224920 dot 21C572C06F at topped-with-meat dot com>
> Those concerns remain about all new environment variables and I
> certainly don't think we should be introducing any new magic
> environment variables at this point in the cycle. Perhaps in the long
FWIW, the "new" environment variables for lock elision have been posted
over 6 months ago (without GLIBC_ prefix), and nobody found any security
problems with them in all that time, because there aren't any (it's just an
optimization hint)
-Andi