The getc function may return an errno code if an error happens. This patch prevents readline from printing a non printable character and from looping to infinity and beyong. Signed-off-by: Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/readline_simple.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/readline_simple.c b/lib/readline_simple.c index c4d3d240e..1283c9602 100644 --- a/lib/readline_simple.c +++ b/lib/readline_simple.c @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ int readline (const char *prompt, char *line, int len) for (;;) { c = getchar(); + if (c < 0) + return (-1); /* * Special character handling -- 2.13.2 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox