top, fixed buffer length in utils.c

Bob Willcox bob at immure.com
Wed Feb 11 01:22:40 UTC 2015


On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 04:33:07PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney 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..
> 
> -- 
>   John-Mark Gurney				Voice: +1 415 225 5579
> 

If/when the size of an int ever changes from being 32 bits, top will be the
least of our worries!

Bob

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