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authorkwaclaw <kwaclaw>2012-05-15 00:28:15 +0000
committerkwaclaw <kwaclaw>2012-05-15 00:28:15 +0000
commit0644808b9222fe140f9bbcb92bb5d44b515f6a75 (patch)
treeb018092c0a6a17fe39fe4456a6afdd2ada31bf52
parente0dac70d7369d8bc553c72f8f36260a96709eb81 (diff)
downloadlibexpat-master.tar.gz
Fix for issue #3526620.HEADoriginmaster
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@@ -2151,8 +2151,12 @@ Helps in preventing DoS attacks based on predicting hash
function behavior. In order to have an effect this must be called
before parsing has started. Returns 1 if successful, 0 when called
after <code>XML_Parse</code> or <code>XML_ParseBuffer</code>.
-<p><b>Note:</b> This call is optional, as the parser will auto-generate a new
-random salt value if no value has been set at the start of parsing.</p>
+<p><b>Note:</b>This call is optional, as the parser will auto-generate
+a new random salt value if no value has been set at the start of parsing.
+<p><b>Note:</b>One should not call <code>XML_SetHashSalt</code> with a
+hash salt value of 0, as this value is used as sentinel value to indicate
+that <code>XML_SetHashSalt</code> has <b>not</b> been called. Consequently
+such a call will have no effect, even if it returns 1.</p>
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