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From: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Check for NULL prompt in readline_into_buffer()
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:37:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE373AB.6040705@xes-inc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091024172311.0CF53185D4A5@gemini.denx.de>

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Peter Tyser,
> 
> In message <1256259563-32725-1-git-send-email-ptyser@xes-inc.com> you wrote:
>> Previously, passing readline() or readline_into_buffer() a NULL 'prompt'
>> parameter would result in puts() printing garbage when
>> CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING was enabled.
> 
> What would be the situation when this happens? I cannot see easily how
> to trigger this bug?

I don't think anything in current code would trigger this.  If some 
boards enabled CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING, they would have issues, eg 
board/eltec/bab7xx/misc.c.

So its not fixing a bug, just preventing a future one:)  It was also 
necessary to implement the 5/5 patch "Add 'editenv' command" which is 
how I triggered the "future bug".

In this series, patches 1/2/4 are non-critical cleanup/fixes.  I didn't 
plan on them get merged for the upcoming release, but I think they 
should get picked up at some point.  Patches 3/5 add new features - 
basically support for a new 'editenv' command.  These changes are more 
debatable, so we can discuss if you'd like to include these or not.

Best,
Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-24 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-23  0:59 [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Check for NULL prompt in readline_into_buffer() Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] cread_line(): Remove unused variables Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] readline(): Add ability to modify a string buffer Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 17:26   ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:47     ` Peter Tyser
2009-10-25  5:32       ` Mike Frysinger
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] _do_setenv(): Delete 0-length environment variables Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Add 'editenv' command Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 17:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Check for NULL prompt in readline_into_buffer() Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:37   ` Peter Tyser [this message]
2009-10-24 21:47     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:52       ` Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 22:00         ` Wolfgang Denk

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