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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] Make printf and vprintf safe from buffer overruns
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:16:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110925201628.955D31407995@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ2D8MYS7wHMFUnzVhXK_tcmv7GayJyEormkPDNA78p7JQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Simon Glass,

In message <CAPnjgZ2D8MYS7wHMFUnzVhXK_tcmv7GayJyEormkPDNA78p7JQ@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> > in the context of I/O funcs, CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE is the current standard
> 
> OK - is there a reason why boards can redefine this? Many many boards
> do. It seems like something that should just be given a sensible
> value.

Indeed - that's exactly what the board specific definitions are
supposed to do.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-25 20:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-23 17:38 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Buffer overruns in printf Simon Glass
2011-09-23 17:38 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] Add limits.h to hold basic limits Simon Glass
2011-09-23 17:38 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] Add safe vsnprintf and snprintf library functions Simon Glass
2011-09-23 23:56   ` Graeme Russ
2011-09-28 23:26     ` Sonny Rao
2011-09-29  0:00       ` Graeme Russ
2011-09-29  0:38         ` Sonny Rao
2011-09-29  0:44           ` Graeme Russ
2011-09-23 17:38 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] Make printf and vprintf safe from buffer overruns Simon Glass
2011-09-23 18:36   ` Kumar Gala
2011-09-23 18:48     ` Simon Glass
2011-09-23 20:31   ` Mike Frysinger
2011-09-23 20:41     ` Simon Glass
2011-09-23 22:36       ` Mike Frysinger
2011-09-23 23:06         ` Simon Glass
2011-09-25 20:16           ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2011-09-25 20:14       ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-26 18:25         ` Simon Glass
2011-09-26 18:47           ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-26 19:02             ` Simon Glass
2011-09-23 17:38 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] Use snprintf() in network code Simon Glass
2011-09-23 18:15   ` Mike Frysinger
2011-09-23 18:30     ` Simon Glass
2011-09-23 20:09       ` Mike Frysinger
2011-09-23 20:39         ` Simon Glass
2011-09-23 20:40 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Buffer overruns in printf Albert ARIBAUD
2011-09-23 20:46   ` Simon Glass
2011-09-24  9:37     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-09-24 14:00       ` Simon Glass
2011-09-25  8:40         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-09-25 14:50           ` Simon Glass
2011-09-26 11:20             ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-09-26 17:50               ` Simon Glass
2011-09-26 18:36                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-26 22:28               ` Scott Wood
2011-09-27  6:52                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2011-10-10 19:06                   ` Simon Glass
2011-10-10 20:36                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-10 20:42                       ` Simon Glass
2011-09-25 20:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-26 17:30   ` Simon Glass

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