Re: [PATCH] thread-db.c: Avoid segfault by making sure that ``reg'' is initialized

[Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>]

Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:02:40 -0700
> Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > [Hopefully, this'll end up in the right list this time...]
> > 
> > I've just committed the patch below.  As indicated by the subject line, this
> > patch prevents a segfault when thread_db_set_thread_reg() returns an
> > uninitialized ``reg''.  (This was happening on Fedora Core 2 due to lack of
> > xregset support.)
> > 
> > 	* thread-db.c (thread_db_set_thread_reg): Don't allow a successful
> > 	return without first initializing ``reg''.
> 
> This patch was wrong - I didn't look closely enough at the result of
> applying a patch from a branch.  Hopefully, this time I've applied the
> correct fix...
> 
> 	* thread-db.c (thread_db_get_thread_reg): Don't allow a successful
> 	return without first initializing ``reg''.
> 	(thread_db_set_thread_reg): Remove code intended to for
> 	thread_db_get_thread_reg().

That's it --- no soup for you!