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Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2

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On 11/29/11 01:31 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> sailer<xiangdong.ji@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>> int main ()
>> {
>>          int words;
>>          int bytes;
>>          int overflow;
>>
>>          ovf(words, sizeof(int),&bytes,&overflow);
>
> And you're passing an uninitialized value to ovf().
>
> And I *think* you've got the 3rd and 4th arguments reversed.
> It's hard to tell because you called the parameters "v" and "r"
> rather than something legible.

Add to that he is passing the wrong type (pointer to int rather than 
pointer to unsigned) which will cause gcc to whinge.


-- 
Ian Collins

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check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-23 20:25 -0800
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-24 00:47 -0500
    Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-23 22:29 -0800
      Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 "Philip Lantz" <prl@canterey.us> - 2011-11-24 01:23 -0800
        Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 23:14 -0800
          Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-28 07:04 -0500
          Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-11-29 14:12 +0100
            Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-29 16:16 +0200
            Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-29 06:28 -0800
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-24 00:28 -0600
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-11-24 09:46 +0100
    Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 01:08 -0800
      Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 "Philip Lantz" <prl@canterey.us> - 2011-11-24 01:26 -0800
        Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 23:09 -0800
    Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-11-24 14:19 +0100
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 09:10 -0800
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 23:21 -0800
    Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-28 16:31 -0800
      Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-29 13:53 +1300
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 23:34 -0800
    Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-28 18:59 -0500
      Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 19:44 -0800
        Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-30 11:08 -0500
          Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-30 09:01 -0800
  Re: check integer overflow with GCC 4.5.2 sailer <xiangdong.ji@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 19:46 -0800

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