Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:30:06 GMT From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/140690: [libc] [patch] swab(3) with negative len should do nothing Message-ID: <200911210930.nAL9U69O006416@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/140690; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>, <jeremyhu@apple.com> Cc: Subject: Re: kern/140690: [libc] [patch] swab(3) with negative len should do nothing Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:18:48 -0600 I'd like to add to this. As for the length argument. Is there really ever a time it would have to be signed? If not, then I would suggest declaring the type as size_t and not ssize_t much like the read/write/etc syscalls. ~Paul This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you ar= e not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this = message. See http://www.datapipe.com/emaildisclaimer.aspx for further info= rmation on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communica= tion. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message a= nd we will send the contents to you.
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