Re: [PATCH 01 of 18] tools/blktap: fix access errors in convert_dev_name_to_num

[Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>]

On Mon, Apr 02, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Olaf Hering writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH 01 of 18] tools/blktap: fix access errors in convert_dev_name_to_num"):
> > xs_api.c: In function 'convert_dev_name_to_num':
> ...
> > ptr should be increased in each iteration, not the char it points to.
> 
> These changes from `*p++;' to `p++' are correct.  But the description
> is wrong.  `*p++' is the same as `*(p++)' ie it increments p and then
> uselessly dereferences it.
> 
> > -	char *p_sd = "/dev/sd";
> > -	char *p_hd = "/dev/hd";
> > -	char *p_xvd = "/dev/xvd";
> > -	char *p_plx = "plx";
> > -	char *alpha = "abcdefghijklmnop";
> > +	static const char p_sd[] = "/dev/sd";
> > +	static const char p_hd[] = "/dev/hd";
> > +	static const char p_xvd[] = "/dev/xvd";
> > +	static const char p_plx[] = "plx";
> > +	static const char alpha[] = "abcdefghijklmnop";
> 
> And this hunk seems entirely unexplained.  Is it supposed to be a
> const-correctness fix ?  Stylistic improvement ?

I think that part is not strictly needed.

Olaf