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authorArcher Sully <archer@meer.net>2002-04-04 14:45:34 -0700
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-04-05 12:50:21 +0000
commit14bff8b861f7a49697333a4a6aa1ca75ecd40c6e (patch)
tree8e621b71687000d5e662110e77aa3ebcdcb94921
parent268e9d79709e84ed1633bc3a726a3322a3e51bae (diff)
downloadperl-14bff8b861f7a49697333a4a6aa1ca75ecd40c6e.tar.gz
Patch for bug ID 20020221.007
Message-Id: <20020405044630.8F2B3C859@mail.goldenagewireless.net> Fix for "[ID 20020221.007] SEGV in Storable with empty string scalar object" (dclone) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@15743
-rw-r--r--ext/Storable/Storable.xs6
-rw-r--r--ext/Storable/t/dclone.t16
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/Storable/Storable.xs b/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
index 847ec1f736..279cd1f9f2 100644
--- a/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
+++ b/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
@@ -3917,8 +3917,12 @@ static SV *retrieve_scalar(stcxt_t *cxt, char *cname)
/*
* newSV did not upgrade to SVt_PV so the scalar is undefined.
* To make it defined with an empty length, upgrade it now...
+ * Don't upgrade to a PV if the original type contains more
+ * information than a scalar.
*/
- sv_upgrade(sv, SVt_PV);
+ if (SvTYPE(sv) <= SVt_PV) {
+ sv_upgrade(sv, SVt_PV);
+ }
SvGROW(sv, 1);
*SvEND(sv) = '\0'; /* Ensure it's null terminated anyway */
TRACEME(("ok (retrieve_scalar empty at 0x%"UVxf")", PTR2UV(sv)));
diff --git a/ext/Storable/t/dclone.t b/ext/Storable/t/dclone.t
index 38c82ebcc1..7e3adce08f 100644
--- a/ext/Storable/t/dclone.t
+++ b/ext/Storable/t/dclone.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sub BEGIN {
use Storable qw(dclone);
-print "1..9\n";
+print "1..10\n";
$a = 'toto';
$b = \$a;
@@ -80,3 +80,17 @@ $$cloned{a} = "blah";
print "not " unless $$cloned{''}[0] == \$$cloned{a};
print "ok 9\n";
+# [ID 20020221.007] SEGV in Storable with empty string scalar object
+package TestString;
+sub new {
+ my ($type, $string) = @_;
+ return bless(\$string, $type);
+}
+package main;
+my $empty_string_obj = TestString->new('');
+my $clone = dclone($empty_string_obj);
+# If still here after the dclone the fix (#17543) worked.
+print ref $clone eq ref $empty_string_obj &&
+ $$clone eq $$empty_string_obj &&
+ $$clone eq '' ? "ok 10\n" : "not ok 10\n";
+