[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: Increase the size of the net_boot_file_name buffer

Jacob Stiffler j-stiffler at ti.com
Thu Oct 1 22:11:10 CEST 2015



On 10/1/2015 4:07 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Jacob,
>
> In message <560D6DE3.8070901 at ti.com> you wrote:
>> Yes. However, the global "net_boot_file_name" is not only used for
>> BOOTP, but also for NFS and TFTP.
>>
>> "net_boot_file_name" appears to be temporary storage to supply the file
>> path to arbitrary protocols from the command line arguments.
> I see.
>
>> The "file" field in the bootp message is fixed at 128 octets in the
>> "bootp_hdr" structure.
>>
>> The contents of "net_boot_file_name" are read or written using the
>> standard "strncopy()" or the similar "copy_filename()", so there should
>> be any issue with respect to memory leaks.
> I guess you mean there should NOT be any issue?

Yes, sorry. There should not be any issue with respect to memory leaks.

Thank you,
Jacob Stiffler

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>



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