[tor-bugs] #6225 [Tor Relay]: "get_string_from_pipe: Assertion len>0 failed; aborting." in log_from_pipe() for tor-fw-helper

Mon Jun 25 05:00:34 UTC 2012

#6225: "get_string_from_pipe: Assertion len>0 failed; aborting." in
log_from_pipe() for tor-fw-helper
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 Reporter:  asn        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Relay  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:             |         Parent:  #5557             
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by andrea):

 Allow me to amend my previous remarks.  The old version never wrote the
 NUL because the write() in tor_spawn_background() only ever wrote
 HEX_ERRNO_SIZE bytes and the NUL was always past that.  *sigh*

 Anyway, yeah, your fix looks like it nails that.

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