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buffer: always allocate typed arrays outside heap

By default v8 allocates typed arrays <= 64 bytes inside the v8 heap. In
these cases the memory pointer returned by Buffer::Data() can change
while the memory is being operated on. Resolve by passing a flag that
forces all typed arrays outside the v8 heap.

Fixes: 74178a5 "buffer: construct Uint8Array in JS"
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2893
Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <fedor@indutny.com>
v5.x
Trevor Norris 9 years ago
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      src/node.cc

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src/node.cc

@ -3685,6 +3685,12 @@ void Init(int* argc,
V8::SetFlagsFromString(expose_debug_as, sizeof(expose_debug_as) - 1);
}
// Unconditionally force typed arrays to allocate outside the v8 heap. This
// is to prevent memory pointers from being moved around that are returned by
// Buffer::Data().
const char no_typed_array_heap[] = "--typed_array_max_size_in_heap=0";
V8::SetFlagsFromString(no_typed_array_heap, sizeof(no_typed_array_heap) - 1);
if (!use_debug_agent) {
RegisterDebugSignalHandler();
}

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