>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:53:52 +0100, Bart Van Assche 
>>>>> <[email protected]> said:

BVA> Trying e.g. to read 16 bytes into a 16-byte array with the trunk
BVA> version of read_config_read_octet_string() will cause a buffer overflow
BVA> message to be printed, at least when -Dread_config_read_octet_string has
BVA> been specified.

The caller certainly needed to be aware that reading a 16-byte value
into a 16-byte array wouldn't null terminate.  It wouldn't break
though.  I don't think that's better than returning an error as you're
now changing the behavior of the function which isn't safe for those out
in user-land.  Yes, I realize I'm speaking somewhat at odds with
myself.  But generally backwards-compatibility is actually more
important in cases like this.  Note that I've put backwards-compatibility
on the discussion list for next Monday's meeting.  But your new version
is *not* currently backwards compatible, which means it can't (based on
existing policy) be put into the immediate next release.  There are lots
of users out there that may have exactly allocated their buffers and
you'll now return an error when you didn't before...

-             * don't require caller to have +1 for good measure, and           
-             * bail if not enough space.                                       
+             * require caller to have +1, and bail if not enough space.  

That's a compatibility change.
-- 
Wes Hardaker
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