[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev48801 - src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer

  • From: Jessica Hamilton <jessica.l.hamilton@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:52:35 +0000

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 9:38 AM null <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hrev48801 adds 1 changeset to branch 'master'
old head: 7657d1c82cf0879a941c6f3969e8c48681bc8dbf
new head: 1a499ee138f5c44e423ab6a4bea3accffe4b1c5a
overview:
http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/log/?qt=range&q=1a499ee138f5+%5E7657d1c82cf0

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1a499ee138f5: Cortex: LoggingConsumer addon: fix crash on startup.

  Fixes #11855.

                              [ Augustin Cavalier <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx> ]

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Revision:    hrev48801
Commit:      1a499ee138f5c44e423ab6a4bea3accffe4b1c5a
URL:         http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/?id=1a499ee138f5
Author:      Augustin Cavalier <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:        Fri Feb 13 20:35:32 2015 UTC

Ticket:      https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11855

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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer/LoggingConsumerAddOn.cpp | 6 +++---

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diff --git
a/src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer/LoggingConsumerAddOn.cpp
b/src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer/LoggingConsumerAddOn.cpp
index e64a132..eba50ae 100644
--- a/src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer/LoggingConsumerAddOn.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/cortex/addons/LoggingConsumer/LoggingConsumerAddOn.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ status_t LoggingConsumerAddOn::GetFlavorAt(

        flavor_info* pInfo = new flavor_info;
        pInfo->internal_id = n;
-       strcpy(pInfo->name, "LoggingConsumer");
-       strcpy(pInfo->info, "An add-on version of the LoggingConsumer
node.\n"
+       pInfo->name = (char*)"LoggingConsumer";
+       pInfo->info = (char*)"An add-on version of the LoggingConsumer
node.\n"
                "See the Be Developer Newsletter III.18: 5 May, 1999\n"
-               "adapted by Eric Moon (4 June, 1999)");
+               "adapted by Eric Moon (4 June, 1999)";
        pInfo->kinds = B_BUFFER_CONSUMER | B_CONTROLLABLE;
        pInfo->flavor_flags = 0;
        pInfo->possible_count = 0;


This looks like it's shadowing a more serious issue. Copying a constant
string definitely shouldn't be causing a crash.

This just looks like a blind band-aid approach to dealing with the issue :(

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