[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[PATCH] doc: fix variable's type in code snippet in manual
From: |
Guillermo E. Martinez |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: fix variable's type in code snippet in manual |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Jul 2021 21:01:46 -0500 |
declaring int b[4] and using read (fd, &b[i], 1),
just read the first 8-bits for an integer variable
(32-bits wide). So doing the OR and bit shift operations
doesn't warranty that most significat bits are zeros,
and the computed number value is not right.
---
doc/poke.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/poke.texi b/doc/poke.texi
index 975c39b0..a712fb8c 100644
--- a/doc/poke.texi
+++ b/doc/poke.texi
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ multiply it by two, and store the result at the same offset.
void double_number (int fd, off_t offset, int endian)
@{
int number, i;
- int b[4];
+ char b[4];
/* Decode. */
lseek (fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
--
2.30.2
- [PATCH] doc: fix variable's type in code snippet in manual,
Guillermo E. Martinez <=