glibc/debug/readonly-area.c

/* Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <stdlib.h>

/* Return 1 if the whole area PTR .. PTR+SIZE is not writable.
   Return -1 if it is writable.  */

int
__readonly_area (const void *ptr, size_t size)
{
  /* We cannot determine in general whether memory is writable or not.
     This must be handled in a system-dependent manner.  to not
     unconditionally break code we need to return here a positive
     answer.  This disables this security measure but that is the
     price people have to pay for using systems without a real
     implementation of this interface.  */
  return 1;
}