Re: [Full-disclosure] Internet Explorer Crash

[Pavel Kankovsky <peak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> So - other than "it has already burned more than N seconds of CPU", what
> test do you propose to make?

"It has already consumed N megabytes of memory."

This condition is superfluous from a purely theoretical POV because a
program running for N units of time cannot consume more than N units of
memory (*) but this upper bound is too loose for most programs doing any
useful work.

(*) Or less than log_2(N) units of memory unless it is going to 1. read
more inputs from the outer world or 2. loop forever.

--Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak  [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
"Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation."

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