[U-Boot-Users] memset bug in ext2fs_read_file()

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Jan 9 10:15:21 CET 2008


Dear Mike,

in message <fkd2di$pdl$1 at ger.gmane.org> you wrote:
> 
> The ext2fs_read_file() function in fs/ext2/ext2fs.c contains the 
> following line:
> 
>   439                         memset (buf, blocksize - skipfirst, 0);
> 
> This is incorrect as the prototype of the function has the fill value as 
> the 2nd parameter and the number of bytes as the 3rd:
> 
> void *memset(void *b, int c, size_t n);
> 
> I don't have any test code that is affected by this bug. I noticed it 
> when I was investigating a different problem (with OpenMoko).

Thanks, applied.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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