Re: [PATCH] libstore/file.c

[Neal H Walfield]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:39:39AM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > Alright, then way does it crash when I use a store backed by a file
> > and not when I use a store back by a device?  Further more, why does
> > it work when I use my patch?
> 
> Are you talking about your own code that calls store_read?

Yes.

> It might be that in the two particular things you are trying, one them
> returns inline data and one returns out-of-line data.  If your program does
> not obey the calling convention properly (e.g. by passing the address of an
> uninitialized pointer variable), then this bug might well show up only
> in the case where inline data was returned.

I pass in an uninitialized pointer.  The code crashes in memcpy as
called from io_read.  I will send a full bug report my next mail run
(likely next week).

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