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Diffstat (limited to 'README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API b/README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API index 0fb2dacce8..788a27d8e6 100644 --- a/README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API +++ b/README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API @@ -105,7 +105,14 @@ if (zend_parse_parameters(3 TSRMLS_CC, "zbr!", /* Get either a set of 3 longs or a string. */ long l1, l2, l3; char *s; -long length; +/* + * The function expects a pointer to a integer in this case, not a long + * or any other type. If you specify a type which is larger + * than a 'int', the upper bits might not be initialized + * properly, leading to random crashes on platforms like + * Tru64 or Linux/Alpha. + */ +int length; if (zend_parse_parameters_ex(ZEND_PARSE_PARAMS_QUIET, ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "lll", &l1, &l2, &l3) == SUCCESS) { |