On Aug 2 2007 21:55, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>Hi
>
>I've run across the following gcc "feature":
>
> char c[4] = "01234";
>
>gcc emits a nice warning
>
>warning: initializer-string for array of chars is too long
>
>But do a
>
> char c[4] = "0123";
>
>and - a wonder - no warning. No warning with gcc 3.3.2, 3.3.5, 3.4.5,
>4.1.2. I was told 4.2.x does produce a warning. Now do a
>
> struct {
> char c[4];
> int i;
> } t;
> t.i = 0x12345678;
> strcpy(t.c, c);
>
>and t.i is silently corrupted. Just wanted to ask if this is known,
>really...
What does this have to do with the kernel? The string "0123" is
generally _five_ characters long, so c[4] is not enough.
Or use strncpy.
Jan
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