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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/generic/readonly-area.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/readonly-area.c b/sysdeps/generic/readonly-area.c index df5b96015c..4b8172f193 100644 --- a/sysdeps/generic/readonly-area.c +++ b/sysdeps/generic/readonly-area.c @@ -16,14 +16,19 @@ Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ +#include <stdlib.h> + /* Return 1 if the whole area PTR .. PTR+SIZE is not writable. Return -1 if it is writable. */ -#include <stdlib.h> - int -__readonly_str (const void *ptr, size_t size) +__readonly_area (const void *ptr, size_t size) { - /* The conservative answer is that all strings are writable. */ - return -1; + /* We cannot determine in general whether memory is writable or not. + This must be handled in a system-dependent manner. to not + unconditionally break code we need to return here a positive + answer. This disables this security measure but that is the + price people have to pay for using systems without a real + implementation of this interface. */ + return 1; } |