diff src/keyboard.c @ 83049:b8aef5cd0bf2

Don't read too many characters from the tty. src/keyboard.c (tty_read_avail_input): Don't read more characters than numchars. (Prevents a crash if there are many characters in the buffer.) git-archimport-id: lorentey@elte.hu--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-89
author Karoly Lorentey <lorentey@elte.hu>
date Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:48:48 +0000
parents 55d4fe5962fd
children 84bfe7168c06
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--- a/src/keyboard.c	Fri Feb 20 15:42:55 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/keyboard.c	Fri Feb 20 17:48:48 2004 +0000
@@ -6667,10 +6667,10 @@
                       struct input_event *buf,
                       int numchars, int expected)
 {
-  /* Using KBD_BUFFER_SIZE - 1 here avoids reading more than
-     the kbd_buffer can really hold.  That may prevent loss
-     of characters on some systems when input is stuffed at us.  */
-  unsigned char cbuf[KBD_BUFFER_SIZE - 1];
+  /* Using numchars - 1 here avoids reading more than the buf can
+     really hold.  That may prevent loss of characters on some systems
+     when input is stuffed at us.  */
+  unsigned char cbuf[numchars - 1];
   int n_to_read, i;
   struct tty_display_info *tty = display->display_info.tty;
   int nread = 0;