cvs commit: src/lib/libc/regex regex2.h
Tim Robbins
tjr at freebsd.org
Sat Aug 13 14:37:54 GMT 2005
Andrey Chernov wrote:
>On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 02:30:16AM +0000, Tim J. Robbins wrote:
>
>
>>tjr 2005-08-13 02:30:16 UTC
>>
>> FreeBSD src repository
>>
>> Modified files:
>> lib/libc/regex regex2.h
>> Log:
>> Change OUT from -2 to CHAR_MIN-1, making it impossible for it to
>> inadvertently match a negative char in the RE being compiled.
>>
>>
>
>It seems this commit may mask the bug where signed comparison used.
>Better fix perhaps to make compared char unsigned in all places, i.e.
> if (-2 == (unsigned char)'\254')
>
>
>
For whatever reason, the "stop" argument to p_ere() and the "stop1" and
"stop2" arguments to p_bre() are signed chars cast to int, not unsigned
chars cast to int, so OUT needs to be outside the valid range of char,
not unsigned char. This is somewhat unconventional, but I don't think
the new value of CHAR_MIN-1 is any worse than the pre- rev. 1.8 value of
CHAR_MAX+1. The choice of -2 in rev. 1.8 was a mistake on my part caused
by not realising that characters were being passed around as signed
chars cast to int.
Tim
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