Re: DAVEM TPF Grant#2 September 2016 report

On 10/04/2016 12:43 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> I spent last month:
>
> * eliminating the OP_PUSHRE op, converting OP_SPLIT from being a LISTOP to
>   a PMOP, and making split faster - see v5.25.5-71-gdbdb57e;
>
> * working on various fuzzer tickets;
>
> * trying to work out when one should use pad_free(), pad_swipe(),
>   S_op_clear_gv() or just plain SvREFCNT_dec(). I gave up on this for now;
>
> * picking some quick and low-hanging fruit off my TODO list;
>
> SUMMARY:
>       3:52 [perl #125792] [2 PATCHES] sassign is wrongly declared as BASEOP
>       1:24 [perl #128998] heap-buffer-overflow Perl_my_atof2
>       7:47 [perl #129086] heap-use-after-free Perl_localize
>       4:30 [perl #129099] global-buffer-overflow S_finalize_op
>       1:45 [perl #129158] null ptr deref, segfault in Perl_pp_split ()
>       0:56 [perl #129238] array index constant folding uses signed bitwise arithmetic
>       0:31 [perl #129239] BEGIN blocks have wrong caller package
>       0:35 [perl #129251]
>      14:53 make OP_SPLIT a PMOP and eliminate OP_PUSHRE
>      14:12 miscellaneous fixups
>      13:03 pad_free and pad_swipe
>       2:55 process p5p mailbox
>     ------
>      66:23 TOTAL (HH::MM)
>
>  154.7 weeks
> 2107.4 total hours
>   13.6 average hours per week
>
> There are 293 hours left on the grant
>

I had issues with my mail client so I don't know if the earlier response
arrived.

+1

Thank you for the report and the work.

• DAVEM TPF Grant#2 September 2016 report by Dave Mitchell
• Re: DAVEM TPF Grant#2 September 2016 report by Sawyer X
• Re: DAVEM TPF Grant#2 September 2016 report by Marcus Holland-Moritz