From 60788a1cfdd64787ed6513986af2335b51d89766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Pennock Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 01:20:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] expanded comment, noting size types and API issue --- src/src/tls-gnu.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/src/tls-gnu.c b/src/src/tls-gnu.c index 0ac72ad25..b2659d7a7 100644 --- a/src/src/tls-gnu.c +++ b/src/src/tls-gnu.c @@ -512,7 +512,11 @@ if (rc < 0) m.data = malloc(m.size); if (m.data == NULL) return tls_error(US"memory allocation failed", strerror(errno), NULL); - /* this will return a size 1 less than the allocation size above */ + /* this will return a size 1 less than the allocation size above; I + originally used sz so as to avoid type compatibility errors, as gnutls_datum + uses "unsigned int" for the size field, but this call takes separate data + and size fields, with the latter being a size_t*. For now, we live with + the error as being safer than throwing away type information. */ rc = gnutls_dh_params_export_pkcs3(dh_server_params, GNUTLS_X509_FMT_PEM, m.data, &m.size); if (rc != GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS) -- 2.30.2