bump.
anybody?
On Sat, 31 May 2014 20:29:42 +0200
Benjamin Baier <program...@netzbasis.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 00:57:43 +1000
> Joel Sing <j...@sing.id.au> wrote:
> > In this case I think readability wins. I do not believe that there is a lot
> > to
> > gain from overflow protection given the numbers used in these calculations
> > are very small (and many are already bounds checked in some form or other).
>
> Well, I had to ask. Here is option 2.
Index: bootstrap.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/installboot/bootstrap.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 bootstrap.c
--- bootstrap.c 28 Dec 2013 12:01:33 -0000 1.3
+++ bootstrap.c 31 May 2014 18:14:56 -0000
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ bootstrap(int devfd, char *dev, char *bo
fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap is %zu bytes "
"(%zu sectors @ %u bytes = %zu bytes)\n",
(ssize_t)sb.st_size, bootsec, dl.d_secsize, bootsize);
- boot = malloc(bootsize);
+ boot = calloc(1, bootsize);
if (boot == NULL)
- err(1, "malloc");
- memset(boot, 0, bootsize);
+ err(1, "calloc");
if (read(fd, boot, bootsize) != (ssize_t)sb.st_size)
err(1, "read");
close(fd);
Index: i386_softraid.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/installboot/i386_softraid.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -p -r1.1 i386_softraid.c
--- i386_softraid.c 19 Jan 2014 02:58:50 -0000 1.1
+++ i386_softraid.c 31 May 2014 18:14:56 -0000
@@ -129,11 +129,10 @@ sr_install_bootldr(int devfd, char *dev)
inodeblk = nblocks - 1;
bootsize = nblocks * SR_FS_BLOCKSIZE;
- p = malloc(bootsize);
+ p = calloc(1, bootsize);
if (p == NULL)
err(1, NULL);
- memset(p, 0, bootsize);
fd = open(stage2, O_RDONLY, 0);
if (fd == -1)
err(1, NULL);
Index: sparc64_installboot.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/installboot/sparc64_installboot.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -p -r1.1 sparc64_installboot.c
--- sparc64_installboot.c 19 Jan 2014 02:58:50 -0000 1.1
+++ sparc64_installboot.c 31 May 2014 18:14:56 -0000
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ md_loadboot(void)
if (blksize > SBSIZE - DEV_BSIZE)
errx(1, "boot blocks too big (%zu > %d)",
blksize, SBSIZE - DEV_BSIZE);
- blkstore = malloc(blksize);
+ blkstore = calloc(1, blksize);
if (blkstore == NULL)
- err(1, "malloc");
- memset(blkstore, 0, blksize);
+ err(1, "calloc");
if (read(fd, blkstore, sb.st_size) != (ssize_t)sb.st_size)
err(1, "read");
close(fd);
