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* [PATCH] gdb: Don't print NUL with "Recursive internal problem."
@ 2026-08-20 20:56 Thiago Macieira
  2026-08-21 15:07 ` Tom Tromey
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thiago Macieira @ 2026-08-20 20:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gdb-patches; +Cc: Thiago Macieira

Off-by-one error. The sizeof(msg) includes the NUL character, which we
don't want printed.
---
 gdb/utils.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 876aad1c448..ada109b221c 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ internal_vproblem (struct internal_problem *problem,
 	   ignoring the return value is correct.  Casting to (void)
 	   does not fix this problem.  This is the solution suggested
 	   at http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25509.  */
-	if (write (STDERR_FILENO, msg, sizeof (msg)) != sizeof (msg))
+	if (write (STDERR_FILENO, msg, sizeof (msg) - 1) != sizeof (msg) - 1)
 	  abort (); /* ARI: abort */
 	exit (1);
       }
-- 
2.55.0


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* Re: [PATCH] gdb: Don't print NUL with "Recursive internal problem."
  2026-08-20 20:56 [PATCH] gdb: Don't print NUL with "Recursive internal problem." Thiago Macieira
@ 2026-08-21 15:07 ` Tom Tromey
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Tom Tromey @ 2026-08-21 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thiago Macieira; +Cc: gdb-patches

>>>>> "Thiago" == Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com> writes:

Thiago> Off-by-one error. The sizeof(msg) includes the NUL character, which we
Thiago> don't want printed.

Thank you, this is ok.
Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

Tom

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