Re: PATCH: Fix TUI null pointer dereference

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>]

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Jim Blandy wrote:
> We generally avoid using assignments directly as conditions.  Just
> hoist the assignment out and just say 'if (term)'.  With that change,
> feel free to commit.

OK. Here is an updated patch.

I do not have write permission/ability. If I could get that set up that 
would be great, but till then somebody else wil have to submit it for me 
please.

Thanks

Andrew Stubbs

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2005-10-24  Andrew Stubbs  <andrew.stubbs@st.com>

	* tui/tui-command.c (tui_dispatch_ctrl_char): Test output of
	getenv() before using it.


Index: src/gdb/tui/tui-command.c
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/tui/tui-command.c	2005-10-24 13:58:38.000000000 +0100
+++ src/gdb/tui/tui-command.c	2005-10-24 18:56:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -68,33 +68,36 @@ tui_dispatch_ctrl_char (unsigned int ch)
          ** Seems like a bug in the curses library?
        */
       term = (char *) getenv ("TERM");
-      for (i = 0; (term && term[i]); i++)
-	term[i] = toupper (term[i]);
-      if ((strcmp (term, "XTERM") == 0) && key_is_start_sequence (ch))
+      if (term)
 	{
-	  unsigned int page_ch = 0;
-	  unsigned int tmp_char;
-
-	  tmp_char = 0;
-	  while (!key_is_end_sequence (tmp_char))
+	  for (i = 0; term[i]; i++)
+	    term[i] = toupper (term[i]);
+	  if ((strcmp (term, "XTERM") == 0) && key_is_start_sequence (ch))
 	    {
-	      tmp_char = (int) wgetch (w);
-	      if (tmp_char == ERR)
-		{
-		  return ch;
-		}
-	      if (!tmp_char)
-		break;
-	      if (tmp_char == 53)
-		page_ch = KEY_PPAGE;
-	      else if (tmp_char == 54)
-		page_ch = KEY_NPAGE;
-	      else
+	      unsigned int page_ch = 0;
+	      unsigned int tmp_char;
+
+	      tmp_char = 0;
+	      while (!key_is_end_sequence (tmp_char))
 		{
-		  return 0;
+		  tmp_char = (int) wgetch (w);
+		  if (tmp_char == ERR)
+		    {
+		      return ch;
+		    }
+		  if (!tmp_char)
+		    break;
+		  if (tmp_char == 53)
+		    page_ch = KEY_PPAGE;
+		  else if (tmp_char == 54)
+		    page_ch = KEY_NPAGE;
+		  else
+		    {
+		      return 0;
+		    }
 		}
+	      ch_copy = page_ch;
 	    }
-	  ch_copy = page_ch;
 	}
 
       switch (ch_copy)