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		Detecting faulty RAM hardware in Firefox crash data (fosstodon.org)
		9 points by dochtman on May 9, 2024 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

krackers on May 9, 2024 [–]

>This led me to come up with a simple heuristic to detect crashes potentially caused by bit-flips.

What is this heuristic?

Edit: seems to be implemented in minidump https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738651

https://github.com/rust-minidump/rust-minidump/issues/429

https://github.com/rust-minidump/rust-minidump/pull/779

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