[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 02/14] bytestream: Make get_bytes_left compatible with overread

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 11:19:14PM +0100, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> bytestream2_get_bytes_left returns an unsigned int; as a result,
> it returns big positive numbers if an overread already happened,
> making it unsuitable for scenarios where one wants to allow this
> in a controlled way (because the buffer is actually padded so that
> no segfaults can happen). So change it to return an ordinary int.
> 
> Also, bytestream2_get_bytes_left_p has been modified in the same way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Rheinhardt <andreas.rheinhardt at gmail.com>
> ---
> Implemented James' suggestion to return an int. I have not found a place
> where this would pose a problem.

How do we know that this doesnt break any code ?

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