Need reviewer: Windows use of /safeseh

[Jeroen Frijters]

Just a minor clarification, SafeSEH is not applicable to x64 (and Itanium) because those platforms always use table driven exception handling (and hence are not vulnerable to exception chain corruption), so it's not really the default, since there is no other option.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:build-dev-
> bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Kelly O'Hair
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:29 AM
> To: build-dev
> Subject: Re: Need reviewer: Windows use of /safeseh
> 
> 
> Ran into a minor snag on Windows 64bit, so the webrev has been updated.
> Apparently the -safeseh is harmless on 64bit, but the dumpbin /
> loadconfig never reports that the exception table is safe on 64bit, even
> though it is by default. :^(
> 
> So the safeseh check cannot be done on Windows 64bit.
> 
> -kto
> 
> On Feb 15, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
> 
> > Need reviewer: Windows use of /safeseh
> >
> > Just an addition of /safeseh during links and a check to verify that
> > the dll and exe files all have a Safe Exception Handler Table.
> > See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9a89h429.aspx for more
> > information.
> >
> > 7010594: Add /SAFESEH to links on windows to verify safe exceptions
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ohair/openjdk7/jdk7-build-safeseh/webrev/
> >
> > -kto