kernel/eka/compsupp/aehabi/Readme
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Exceptions library release 1.01.
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This source code is intended to be compliant with release 1.0 of the EHABI. 
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The following defects against the previous (1.0) release have been fixed:
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1) The personality routines were checking handler table entry descriptor
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ranges using virtual r14 not virtual r15. Consequently if the entry contained
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two or more descriptors with matching ranges, and the first was a cleanup,
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subsequent descriptors would incorrectly fail the range check because the
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cleanup code legitimately corrupted r14 (and hence virtual r14; virtual r15
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is preserved).
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2) The runtime library would call abort() instead of terminate() under this
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sequence of events:
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i)   The program installs an unexpected exception handler (set_unexpected(...)).
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ii)  A throw of type T violates a function exception specification, causing
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     unexpected() to be called and the user's handler to be entered.
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iii) The handler throws another exception of type T.
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3) Type matching when throwing a NULL pointer to pointer to T (any type T)
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could dereference down the "pointer" chain beginning at location 0 (=NULL),
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hence possibly accessing any location in memory.