GlobalMemoryStatus - Photoshop 4 workaround crashes Notes Client running Java

[Stefan Siebert]

Hello,

the implemented workaround for PS4 currently crashes the Notes Client and IBM's
JRE complains that it couldn't allocate 16MB of heap memory.
My approach would be to get rid of the PS4 workaround, as it's an application
problem. Implementing another workaround to get IBM's JRE running might break
other applications.

My question: Is it ok to remove it via patch or should I write a workaround for
IBM's JRE ?

GlobalMemoryStatus - Photoshop 4 workaround crashes Notes Client running Java

[Dan Kegel]

On 8/5/06, Stefan Siebert <stefan.siebert(a)web.de> wrote:
> the implemented workaround for PS4 currently crashes the Notes Client and IBM's

The code in question seems to have been added in 2004, and is visible here:
http://source.winehq.org/source/dlls/kernel/heap.c?v=wine20040716#L1150

It has been reported to cause problems before:
http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2004/08/0247.html
> JRE complains that it couldn't allocate 16MB of heap memory.
> My approach would be to get rid of the PS4 workaround, as it's an application
> problem. Implementing another workaround to get IBM's JRE running might break
> other applications.
>
> My question: Is it ok to remove it via patch or should I write a workaround for
> IBM's JRE ?

I think the first step would be to file a bug report in bugzilla.
(I know you feel there are too many of those already,
but it'd be really nice to have a good record of the problem
before we break out the scalpels!)
- Dan