[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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