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Re: [PATCH 6/8] Return -1 on memory error in print_insn_m68k


On 17-01-13 01:08:14, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:50:21AM +0000, Yao Qi wrote:
> > On 17-01-12 08:45:14, Alan Modra wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:26:16PM +0000, Yao Qi wrote:
> > > > 	* m68k-dis.c (match_insn_m68k): Extend comments.  Return -1
> > > > 	if FETCH_DATA returns 0.
> > > > 	(m68k_scan_mask): Likewise.
> > > > 	(print_insn_m68k): Update code to handle -1 return value.
> > > 
> > > This misses one FETCH_DATA call, in m68k_scan_mask.
> > > 
> > 
> > I can't remember the reason I didn't change it.  Sorry.
> 
> Actually there is a good reason not to change that call, I just didn't
> look at the code well enough and thought you'd accidentally missed
> it.  The previous patch is OK.  The newest one would fail if you had
> a 2-byte insn at the end of a segment and happened to try a 4-byte
> insn match first.
>

Hi Alan,
This won't happen in the 2nd patch, because if the instruction is 2-byte,
it won't read and match the next 2 bytes.  There is a guard
((0xffff & match) != 0) for read.  Am I missing something?

-- 
Yao (齐尧)


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