[php-src] Issue #8016: Unify `integer` range across platforms
| From: | mvorisek | Date: | Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:47:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #8016: Unify `integer` range across platforms | ||
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/8016
Comment Author: mvorisek
> I expect a lot of code expecting
size_t offset to potentically
> overflow if sizeof(zend_long) > sizeof(size_t) without more work
> (e.g. emalloc, malloc, helper
> functions using those, native C library functions, etc.)
This can be easily solved by a macro/function and assertion that the input is no bigger than max.
alloved value of size_t.
> The last time changes affecting 32-bit support was brought up, @nikic mentioned it would be a
> good idea to see if php was commonly used with 32-bit systems were.
My usecase is IoT on embedded 32-bit ARM. I belive such usage is hard to be tracked by any stat as
the php-src is usually downloaded/compiled once and distributed on many devices by copying.