This is the mail archive of the
binutils-cvs@sourceware.org
mailing list for the binutils project.
[binutils-gdb] Avoid a possible compiler bug by using a static buffer instead of a stack local buffer.
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at sourceware dot org>
- To: bfd-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 15 Jun 2017 11:44:56 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Avoid a possible compiler bug by using a static buffer instead of a stack local buffer.
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=63634bb4a107877dd08b6282e28e11cfd1a1649e
commit 63634bb4a107877dd08b6282e28e11cfd1a1649e
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Jun 15 12:44:23 2017 +0100
Avoid a possible compiler bug by using a static buffer instead of a stack local buffer.
PR binutils/21582
* ieee.c (ieee_object_p): Use a static buffer to avoid compiler
bugs.
Diff:
---
bfd/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
bfd/ieee.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f39dd09..7cbd761 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2017-06-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ PR binutils/21582
+ * ieee.c (ieee_object_p): Use a static buffer to avoid compiler
+ bugs.
+
+2017-06-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
PR binutils/21579
* vms-alpha.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_etir): Extend check of cmd_length.
diff --git a/bfd/ieee.c b/bfd/ieee.c
index 763c2b8..0884d87 100644
--- a/bfd/ieee.c
+++ b/bfd/ieee.c
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ ieee_object_p (bfd *abfd)
char *processor;
unsigned int part;
ieee_data_type *ieee;
- unsigned char buffer[300];
+ static unsigned char buffer[300];
ieee_data_type *save = IEEE_DATA (abfd);
bfd_size_type amt;