[PATCH] xfree86: fix VbeModeInfoBlock memcpy off-by-one (#30159)

Rémi Cardona remi at gentoo.org
Thu Sep 30 14:47:52 PDT 2010


Le 28/09/2010 17:16, Adam Jackson a écrit :
> It's correct but it's exactly as ridiculous as the original.  How's this
> instead:

♥ !

Although...

> --- a/hw/xfree86/vbe/vbe.c
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/vbe/vbe.c
> @@ -529,67 +529,7 @@ VBEGetModeInfo(vbeInfoPtr pVbe, int mode)
>  
>      block = calloc(sizeof(VbeModeInfoBlock), 1);

... maybe this one can become a regular malloc(), since the structure is
packed and the copy covers the entire struct, there won't be any
uninitialized holes.

[...]

> +    memcpy(block, pVbe->memory, 256);

Just wondering, why not use sizeof here as well? Am I missing something?

In any case, the new patch makes a whole lot more sense than the old
code, I still can't believe it was that simple. I'll gladly update your
patch if needs be.

Reviewed-by: Rémi Cardona <remi at gentoo.org>

Cheers


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