[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/25] gdbstub: Use size_t for strlen() return value

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé posted 25 patches 6 years, 8 months ago
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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/25] gdbstub: Use size_t for strlen() return value
Posted by Philippe Mathieu-Daudé 6 years, 8 months ago
Since strlen() returns an unsigned value, it is pointless to
convert it to a signed one. Use size_t to hold its return value.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
---
 gdbstub.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index bc774ae992..76eca3bb7e 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
         }
 #else /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
         else if (strncmp(p, "Rcmd,", 5) == 0) {
-            int len = strlen(p + 5);
+            size_t len = strlen(p + 5);
 
             if ((len % 2) != 0) {
                 put_packet(s, "E01");
-- 
2.20.1


Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/25] gdbstub: Use size_t for strlen() return value
Posted by Marc-André Lureau 6 years, 8 months ago
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:04 AM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
<philmd@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Since strlen() returns an unsigned value, it is pointless to
> convert it to a signed one. Use size_t to hold its return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

(it looks like the variable is hiding len from outer scope btw)

> ---
>  gdbstub.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
> index bc774ae992..76eca3bb7e 100644
> --- a/gdbstub.c
> +++ b/gdbstub.c
> @@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
>          }
>  #else /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
>          else if (strncmp(p, "Rcmd,", 5) == 0) {
> -            int len = strlen(p + 5);
> +            size_t len = strlen(p + 5);
>
>              if ((len % 2) != 0) {
>                  put_packet(s, "E01");
> --
> 2.20.1
>