Dear Tom, In message <20131007121252.GS15917@bill-the-cat> you wrote: > > > 331 filename = argv[3]; > > 332 addr = simple_strtoul(argv[4], NULL, cmdline_base); > > 333 bytes = simple_strtoul(argv[5], NULL, cmdline_base); > > 334 if (argc >= 7) > > 335 pos = simple_strtoul(argv[6], NULL, cmdline_base); > > 336 else > > 337 pos = 0; > > > > > > Should we not perform at least minimal error checking, i. e. verify > > that no garbage arguments have been passed to that function? > > Yes, we ought to. If you don't pass fatwrite the right number of > arguments we get data aborts, for example.
Well, this is not a problem here, in do_save(): ... 325 if (argc < 6 || argc > 7) 326 return CMD_RET_USAGE; ... And are you sure of "fatwrite"? This calls do_fat_fswrite(). and here I also see some test: ... 98 if (argc < 5) 99 return cmd_usage(cmdtp); ... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Men don't talk peace unless they're ready to back it up with war. -- Col. Green, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.4 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot