Yes, llerrs purposefully dereferences a null pointer to cause a crash, and if that fails it infinitely loops. This is so "errors" get fixed instead of being ignored.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 05:42, Marine Kelley <marinekel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have just filed a JIRA (VWR-23459) about a random crash that would > occur in the rendering pipeline, when suddenly it struck me : I > remember that years ago the viewer would crash when writing to llerrs, > and that it was voluntary (don't ask me why). > > Is it still the case ? In this JIRA, the fix I provide merely removes > the write to llerrs, and returns without going any further into the > method. I did not have time to give it more attention, it was more of > a dirty hack to be able to keep from crashing every 15 minutes while > my friends were waiting for me. > > Thanks and happy new year to all of you ! > Marine > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
