Re: svn commit: r1631598 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion: libsvn_fs_fs/verify.c tests/libsvn_fs_fs/fs-fs-fuzzy-test.c

On 1/13/15 11:34 AM, Ben Reser wrote:
> On 1/13/15 11:13 AM, Branko Čibej wrote:
>> Since it is a test, what's wrong with just casting the first vararg to
>> (apr_uint64_t) instead, since we "know" (i.e., hope) that off_t won't
>> overflow 64 bits ...
>
> If you cast it to apr_uint64_t it can read into memory it shouldn't be (i.e.
> the test may crash on platforms without 64-bit off_t). Maybe we don't care
> about those platforms, but I'm not aware of us requiring LFS/64-bit off_t.

I should be clearer here. It can read into memory it shouldn't already. The
cast just makes the warning go away and hides the problem.
Received on 2015-01-13 20:44:26 CET