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| author | Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> | 2010-08-09 13:58:22 +0400 |
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| committer | Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> | 2010-08-09 18:35:35 +0400 |
| commit | e091d6ed62fd2f7e2def56e23c7d6f32c693d1ca (patch) | |
| tree | c3362f65618d53c3e9bc8ab0f7f25e51c5866856 /doc | |
| parent | fe55e918fafb3f0fe9151e5473d1dcc1dd20e532 (diff) | |
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BR3041451: Implement upper bound for %rep counter
Since %rep counter is a 64 bit signed integer we have to use some
"maximum possible value" limit (upper bound) otherwise there may be
a situation when %rep counter is 0 or even negative while user
has been passing big positive integer value.
Reported-by: nasm64developer
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/changes.src | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/nasmdoc.src | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/changes.src b/doc/changes.src index a7ee231..d015f9e 100644 --- a/doc/changes.src +++ b/doc/changes.src @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ since 2007. \S{cl-2.09} Version 2.09 +\b Fixed assignment the magnitude of \c{%rep} counter. It is limited + to 62 bits now. + \b Fixed NULL dereference if argument of \c{%strlen} resolves to whitespace. For example if nonexistent macro parameter is used. diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src index ab343e5..e797329 100644 --- a/doc/nasmdoc.src +++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src @@ -3211,6 +3211,9 @@ infinite loop in the preprocessor, which (on multitasking or multi-user systems) would typically cause all the system memory to be gradually used up and other applications to start crashing. +Note a maximum repeat count is limited by 62 bit number, though it +is hardly possible that you ever need anything bigger. + \H{files} Source Files and Dependencies |