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From: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] TFTP: add host ip addr support
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:38:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <478E795A.8050808@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080116212307.20637243C0@gemini.denx.de>

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <478E6D5A.4070807@gmail.com> you wrote:
>   
>> #define MAX_LEN 80
>> static char tftp_filename[MAX_LEN + 1];
>> memset(tftp_filename[MAX_LEN], 0, 1);
>>     
>
> warning: passing argument 1 of 'memset' makes pointer from integer without a cast
>
>   
10-second response, brain not fully engaged.  Compiler not used (duh?)
>> strncpy(tftp_filename, str, MAX_LEN);
>>
>>
>> Better?
>>     
>
> No, definitely not.
>
> First, the compiler will issue a warning; second, using  memcpy()  to
> store  a  single character is serious overkill - why don't you simply
> use "tftp_filename[MAX_LEN] = '\0';" ?;and third - the real bug - the
> strncpy will happily overwrite the 0 you placed there before.
>
>   
strncpy won't touch the zero, since it's in the 81st byte and strncpy 
will only copy 80.  True about the warnings and memset overkill, though.

OK, let's move on...

Jean-Christophe - Jason McMullen has given you a nice prototype.  Please 
use it.

regards,
Ben

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-16 21:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-11 23:43 [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] TFTP: add host ip addr support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-15 13:50 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-16  3:19 ` Ben Warren
2008-01-16  7:19   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-16 15:49     ` Ben Warren
2008-01-16 17:33       ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-16 20:27         ` Ben Warren
2008-01-16 20:40           ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-16 20:47             ` Ben Warren
2008-01-16 20:56               ` McMullan, Jason
2008-01-16 21:26                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-16 22:27                   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-16 23:09                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-16 23:33                       ` Ben Warren
2008-01-17 22:08                         ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 0/1] " Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-17 22:08                           ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 1/1] Fix nfs command help to reflect that the serverip is optional Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-17 22:29                             ` Ben Warren
2008-01-17 22:31                           ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 0/1] TFTP: add host ip addr support Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-17 22:42                           ` Andre Renaud
2008-01-18  0:19                             ` Ben Warren
2008-01-18  0:30                             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-16 21:23               ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] " Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-16 21:38                 ` Ben Warren [this message]
2008-01-17 23:51                 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-01-18  0:14                   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-02-04 23:42                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-01-18  0:23                   ` Ben Warren
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-24 15:55 Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2007-12-24 16:40 ` Jerry Van Baren
2007-12-26 20:42 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2007-12-26 23:09   ` Wolfgang Denk

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