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Re: [PATCH 1/2] sideband.c: Use xmalloc() instead of variable-sized arrays.

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Jan 8, 2008, 20:44 UTC
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> How about using a constant large enough slop?  It is not like
> PREFIX and SUFFIX are different vastly between calls.

The size of the buffer is certainly bounded since the prefix length is constant, the buffer size is constant, and both possible suffixes are also constants.

Nicolas
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  1. 1/2 sideband.c: Use xmalloc() instead of variable-sized arrays.Johannes Sixt, Jan 8, 2008
  2. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  3. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008
  6. Nicolas PitreJan 9, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  8. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  10. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  11. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008

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