Re: DAVEM TPF Grant#2 September 2016 report

On 2016-10-15, at 16:39:59 +0200, Sawyer X wrote:

> 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.

+1! Sorry for the late reply, somehow missed this earlier.

Thanks,
Marcus

• 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