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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Joe Simmons-Talbott <josimmon@redhat.com>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resolv: Get rid of alloca usage.
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:36:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y43tomv.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230921161613.3609632-1-josimmon@redhat.com> (Joe Simmons-Talbott's message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:16:08 -0400")

On Sep 21 2023, Joe Simmons-Talbott wrote:

> diff --git a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
> index 1e6511a4f4..b67542c078 100644
> --- a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
> +++ b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
> @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r (const char *name, struct netent *result,
>    querybuf *orig_net_buffer;
>    int anslen;
>    enum nss_status status;
> +  char buf[1024];
>  
>    struct resolv_context *ctx = __resolv_context_get ();
>    if (ctx == NULL)
> @@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r (const char *name, struct netent *result,
>        return NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
>      }
>  
> -  net_buffer.buf = orig_net_buffer = (querybuf *) alloca (1024);
> +  net_buffer.buf = orig_net_buffer = (querybuf *) &buf;

The buffer should be suitably aligned for querybuf.  Since buf is an
array, it should not get an address-of operator.

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Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org
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  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-21 17:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-21 16:16 Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-09-21 17:36 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2023-09-22 14:24   ` Joe Simmons-Talbott

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