On 03/18/2013 11:56 AM US Central Time, John DelSignore wrote:

But the bigger win is that tool would have to read only 513 separate strings using ptrace() or /proc, which represents a big time savings.

Doesn't the tool still have to read all the strings? Or are you planning to compare pointers to check if they are the same and not read the string again if they are the same? -- Pavan -- Pavan Balaji http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji