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Re: [PATCH] libdwfl: Correct off-by-one check in segment.c insert.
- From: Mark Wielaard <mjw at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:55:03 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] libdwfl: Correct off-by-one check in segment.c insert.
On Tue, 2015-04-07 at 18:34 +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-04-06 at 12:45 -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > Usually "x + 1 >= y" should be "x > y", no?
>
> Do you mean x >= y - 1?
>
> The check is for whether there is a next element (x + 1) in the array
> (size y). If not the array will need extending. If there is such an
> element we check whether it already marks the end.
>
> The bug was accessing that array element if it didn't exist to see
> whether we needed a new end marker. I am writing that as i + 1 >=
> dwfl->lookup_elts because if that is not true we'll access
> dwfl->lookup_addr[i + 1]. So the i + 1 check looks symmetric.
>
> Or am I missing something?
I like to push this, because I believe it is correct and the current
code is wrong. But I don't know whether I am missing something. Please
let me know if you still think there is something obviously wrong with
the fix.
Thanks,
Mark
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