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authorJohn Högberg <[email protected]>2017-11-22 13:19:57 +0100
committerJohn Högberg <[email protected]>2018-01-03 08:14:28 +0100
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Replace the libc environment with a thread-safe emulation
putenv(3) and friends aren't thread-safe regardless of how you slice it; a global lock around all environment operations (like before) keeps things safe as far as our own operations go, but we have absolutely no control over what libc or a library dragged in by a driver/NIF does -- they're free to call getenv(3) or putenv(3) without honoring our lock. This commit solves this by setting up an "emulated" environment which can't be touched without going through our interfaces. Third-party libraries can still shoot themselves in the foot but benign uses of os:putenv/2 will no longer risk crashing the emulator.
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