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Hi Hinko,

On 2012-05-21 Hinko Kocevar wrote:
> The problem appears if the user tries to execute dbReportDeviceConfig
> from ioc shell - IOC segFaults.
> 
> I've tracked the problem down and it seems that dbReportDeviceConfig()
> is reserving too small buffer to hold @param (40 chars), while
> dbGetString() can return up to 100 chars in the message.

Thanks for the report and patch, which I will add to the Known Problems page.  
Your value of 100 actually represents the value of the local macro 
messagesize, which I will use instead in case someone changes it in the 
future.

- Andrew
-- 
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte

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