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diff --git a/open_issues/automatically_checking_port_deallocation.mdwn b/open_issues/automatically_checking_port_deallocation.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6aeaf207 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/automatically_checking_port_deallocation.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]] + +IRC, unknown channel, unknown date. + + <youpi> we really need something that is able to automatically check port deallocation + <youpi> at least for the trivial cases, for which we do have bugs I'm currently fixing... + <pochu> test suite? :) + <pochu> won't magically find them though, so not what you've asked for... + <youpi> test suites can trigger some of the bugs yes + <youpi> which is already a good thing + <youpi> of course the coverage can't be perfect + <youpi> one of the bugs I fixed happened only for setuid binaries for instance + +- - - + +portseal can automatically detect port leaks. It is somewhat +intrusive, as it leverages a source-transformation and hence requires +a recompilation of the code that contains the port leak. Currently, +it is a prototype. If you are looking for a port leak, I'd love you +to try it though: + +[[http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/teythoon/portseal.git]] |