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From: gamiddleton@WATMATH.WATERLOO.EDU (Guy Middleton)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: bug in overhead/class/machdep/dec_mips/doload.c
Message-ID: <9005291623.AA13888@maytag.waterloo.edu>
Date: 29 May 90 16:23:51 GMT
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Running off the end of an array; was causing core dumps on my MIPS machine.

*** /tmp/,RCSt1017745	Tue May 29 12:19:16 1990
--- doload.c	Mon May 28 20:31:41 1990
***************
*** 119,127 ****
          struct doload_section_description *thisDesc;
  
          safe_read(e, (char *)tempSection, (long)sizeof(*tempSection));
!         for (thisDesc = sectionDescs; thisDesc < sectionDescs +
!              sizeof(sectionDescs) && strcmp(tempSection->s_name,
!                                             thisDesc->name) != 0; thisDesc++)
              ;
  
          if (thisDesc < sectionDescs +
--- 119,127 ----
          struct doload_section_description *thisDesc;
  
          safe_read(e, (char *)tempSection, (long)sizeof(*tempSection));
!         for (thisDesc = sectionDescs;
! 	     thisDesc < sectionDescs + sizeof(sectionDescs)/sizeof(*thisDesc)
! 	     && strcmp(tempSection->s_name, thisDesc->name) != 0; thisDesc++)
              ;
  
          if (thisDesc < sectionDescs +