Author: Junio C Hamano Date: To: brian m. carlson CC: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, git, pcre-dev Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] [RFC PATCH 1/2] grep: fallback to interpreter if JIT
fails with pcre1
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@???> writes:
> Considering that some Linux users use PaX kernels with standard
> distributions and that most BSD kernels can be custom-compiled with a
> variety of options enabled or disabled, I think this is something we
> should detect dynamically.
> ...
> My view is that JIT is a nice performance optimization, but it's
> optional. I honestly don't think it should even be exposed through the
> API: if it works, then things are faster, and if it doesn't, then
> they're not. I don't see the value in an option for causing things to be
> broken if someone improves the security of the system.
I agree to both of these two points. Thanks for a thoughtful
discussion, all.
