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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 08:57:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      thomma@slip.net
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/13292: Ping -s <odd_size> does not work
Message-ID:  <19990821155724.63EB514F10@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         13292
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Ping -s <odd_size> does not work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 21 09:00:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tamiji Homma
>Release:        4.0-current
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD snoopy.pochi.com 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #73: Wed Aug 11 22:31:31 PDT 1999     root@snoopy.pochi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SNOOPY  i386
>Description:
ping command generates bad check sum for odd size icmp
data.  This is caused by EGCS optimizer bug.
>How-To-Repeat:
# ping -s 57 localhost
>Fix:
Compiled with -O0 or apply following patch
Index: ping.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/home/ncvs/src/sbin/ping/ping.c,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -c -r1.44 ping.c
*** ping.c      1999/05/07 14:38:48     1.44
--- ping.c      1999/08/21 15:55:39
***************
*** 944,949 ****
--- 944,950 ----
        /* mop up an odd byte, if necessary */
        if (nleft == 1) {
                *(u_char *)(&answer) = *(u_char *)w ;
+               *((u_char *)(&answer) + 1) = 0;
                sum += answer;
        }
  


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