On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:59:28 -0500
Christopher Michael <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/22/2010 05:56 PM, Mike Blumenkrantz wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:46:10 -0500
> > Christopher Michael<[email protected]>  wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a backtrace for this segfault ?? I'm asking because the illume2
> >> keyboard module has very similar code, and I've never seen it segfault
> >> here.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> dh
> >>
> >> On 12/22/2010 05:22 PM, Enlightenment SVN wrote:
> >>> Log:
> >>> this will avoid a segv, but the entire function is broken and should be
> >>> looked at by someone who knows the code
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Author:       discomfitor
> >>> Date:         2010-12-22 14:22:59 -0800 (Wed, 22 Dec 2010)
> >>> New Revision: 55698
> >>> Trac:         http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/55698
> >>>
> >>> Modified:
> >>>     trunk/e/src/modules/illume/e_kbd_buf.c
> >>>
> >>> Modified: trunk/e/src/modules/illume/e_kbd_buf.c
> >>> ===================================================================
> >>> --- trunk/e/src/modules/illume/e_kbd_buf.c        2010-12-22 11:23:30 UTC
> >>> (rev 55697) +++ trunk/e/src/modules/illume/e_kbd_buf.c    2010-12-22
> >>> 22:22:59 UTC (rev 55698) @@ -164,9 +164,10 @@
> >>>                if ((actual_len + strlen(str) + 1)>   actual_size)
> >>>                  {
> >>>                     actual_size += 64;
> >>> -           actual = realloc(actual, actual_size);
> >>> +           actual = malloc(actual_size);
> >>> +                  EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN(actual);
> >>> +                  strcpy(actual, str);
> >>>                  }
> >>> -      strcpy(actual + actual_len, str);
> >>>                actual_len += strlen(str);
> >>>             }
> >>>         }
> >>>
> >>
> 
> > I don't know if the segv has ever occurred, but I'm running clang on e
> > because I've been getting too many crashes lately and found this :)
> >
> 
> Ok. Well I am asking because of your commit message: "this will avoid a 
> segv, but the entire function is broken" .. How is it broken ??
> 
> Remember tho ... you can't always believe what clang tells ya ;)
> 
> dh
oh I know, I read through it all carefully before deciding to change anything.
this function seems to be assuming that all the variables at the top are
getting assigned or something (> 0 checks, for instance?) which leads me to
believe that someone was thinking about something else while they were
working :)

-- 
Mike Blumenkrantz
Zentific: We run the three-legged race individually.

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