[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] Make printf and vprintf safe from buffer overruns

[Simon Glass]

HI Wolfgang,

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Simon Glass,
>
> In message <CAPnjgZ0-8wU4Hj3pdmfNMWnj4EPUmQ69U_UARaRt5CbqQv0Ofg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> Yes, indeed. Could we go as far as removing CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE, and
>> just use a standard value?
>
> If you can find one that fits for all boards?  Keep in mind that
> printf() gets used before relocation, when available stack space may
> be _very_ limited.

Yes that is a problem. Perhaps we could changes things so that this
CONFIG really only matters prior to relocation (see other thread with
Albert) and we could just choose a suitable small value like 256,
which seems to be the minimum for most boards.

Regards,
Simon

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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