[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] cfgfile: fix unitialised buffer

Dumitrescu, Cristian cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com
Mon Jun 29 21:47:49 CEST 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mrzyglod
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 4:06 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] cfgfile: fix unitialised buffer
> 
> Nature of the problem was not initialised buffer[256], there were probability
> that operation system will provide previously used memory and on special
> condition
> there were probability that string operations will work on random data that
> could provide unexpected program behaviour.
> 
> Changes in v3:
> -Simplify the initialization of buffer.
> Changes in v2:
> -Found the real nature of problem. Only buffer was not initilized.
> Changes in v1:
> -Add additional separate IO buffer and initialize both buffers.
> 
Acked-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>




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