top, fixed buffer length in utils.c
Erich Dollansky
erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com
Tue Feb 3 12:01:54 UTC 2015
Hi,
On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:33:07 -0800
John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com> wrote:
> Erich Dollansky wrote this message on Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 17:51
> +0800:
> > int can be 64 bits on a amd64 machine. Why is the author of this
> > code so sure that we will never cross the 32 bit boundary?
>
> Per others, int is currently 32bits on all platforms we support...
>
> I guess adding:
> CTASSERT(sizeof(int) <= 4);
>
> would help fix your concern? at least now the expectation is codified
> and if it breaks, the build will break..
>
of course. Either avoid the run-time problem or get an error message
and things cannot create hidden problem.
Erich
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