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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:52:21 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
Subject:   Re: top, fixed buffer length in utils.c
Message-ID:  <201502171652.21779.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150212202245.GE1953@funkthat.com>
References:  <20150201175159.7fa88d16@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> <20150212163945.36aa9971@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> <20150212202245.GE1953@funkthat.com>

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On Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:22:45 pm John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Erich Dollansky wrote this message on Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 16:39 +0800:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:39:24 -0800
> > John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Erich Dollansky wrote this message on Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 09:13
> > > +0800:
> > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:14:41 -0600
> > > > Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 04:33:07PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> > > > > > Erich Dollansky wrote this message on Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 17:51
> > > > > > +0800:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I guess adding:
> > > > > > CTASSERT(sizeof(int) <= 4);
> > > > > > 
> > > Feel free to submit a patch eliminating the size assumption...  I'll
> > > review and commit it if/when you do...
> > > 
> > did you add
> > 
> > CTASSERT(sizeof(int) <= 4);
> > 
> > already?
> > 
> > This would do as a message will popup when the problem finally arises.
> 
> Similar...
> 
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/278560

Why not use sizeof(int) to size the array instead of adding the assert if you 
want it to really be future proof?

Each byte will generate at most 3 decimal chars, so

char buf[sizeof(int) * 3  + 1];

or some such (yes, this overestimates a bit).

-- 
John Baldwin



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