Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: high level laaga
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Sat May 12 2001 - 14:16:33 EEST
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:57:02AM +0100, Jim Peters wrote:
> Remember, though, that not all of the application will be in the
> server - just the audio processing part. All the GUI stuff will be
> outside in another process. Usually the audio code will have had a
> bit more care taken over it anyway, because it is the critical part of
> the application. But as you say, it's true that any plugin could
> crash the server.
Yes, thanks, I'd forgotten that, that makes me feel a lot better, though I
know how easy it is to make buffer overruns even with simple code, and
when you've been dynamicly loaded its very hard to catch them. Not to
mention the risk of trashing other peoples perfectly good data.
- Steve
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