On 7/22/15 5:00 PM, Alexey Makhalov wrote:
> I have met situation when nfd(returned by fcntl) is 217, but nbuffers is
> only 25
>
> if (buffers[nfd])
> {
> /* What's this? A stray buffer without an associated open file
> descriptor? Free up the buffer and report the error. */
> internal_error (_("save_bash_input: buffer already exists for new fd
> %d"), nfd);
> free_buffered_stream (buffers[nfd]);
> }
> and free_buffered_stream() causes a segfault.
Thanks, this is a good fix.
> I added extra comparison nfd < nbuffers - it works for me.
> Why do we need this check? Does stray buffer happen, when nfd is in a range
> [0,nbuffers)?
I forget the exact reason, but I'm sure I ran into that situation in the
past. It's more robust programming, at least.
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