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authorSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2022-09-12 13:17:55 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2022-10-07 14:15:45 +0100
commit1b9e00532208f96370b5783592932f5cd7128b39 (patch)
tree6f26b1a50f5f4064d53ec7cf28f4953e402edfbd /dbus
parent606795f90868c2cb3fd83f506bf7dae090d56ff5 (diff)
downloaddbus-1b9e00532208f96370b5783592932f5cd7128b39.tar.gz
dbus-marshal-validate: Add more comments indicating what is going on
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'dbus')
-rw-r--r--dbus/dbus-marshal-validate.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-marshal-validate.c b/dbus/dbus-marshal-validate.c
index 28e622f7..c2f7030e 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-marshal-validate.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-marshal-validate.c
@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@ validate_body_helper (DBusTypeReader *reader,
switch (current_type)
{
+ /* Special case of fixed-length types: every byte is valid */
case DBUS_TYPE_BYTE:
++p;
break;
+ /* Multi-byte fixed-length types require padding to their alignment */
case DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
case DBUS_TYPE_INT16:
case DBUS_TYPE_UINT16:
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@ validate_body_helper (DBusTypeReader *reader,
p += alignment;
break;
+ /* Types that start with a 4-byte length */
case DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY:
case DBUS_TYPE_STRING:
case DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH:
@@ -430,6 +433,10 @@ validate_body_helper (DBusTypeReader *reader,
/* p may now be == end */
_dbus_assert (p <= end);
+ /* Arrays have padding between the length and the first
+ * array item, if it's necessary for the array's element type.
+ * This padding is not counted as part of the length
+ * claimed_len. */
if (current_type == DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY)
{
int array_elem_type = _dbus_type_reader_get_element_type (reader);