Ownasaurus / Ownasaurus/TAStm32
Check for null pointer in latch train allocation
Open
Beginner friendly
Nobody has claimed this yet.
good first issue
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 76
- Forks
- 16
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Currently the returned pointer from malloc isnt checked to make sure it succeeded
it should probably return an error code over the serial port, tentatively il say 0xE0
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at Src/serial_interface.c around line 141 and inspect the latch train allocation path and its existing serial error handling. Check how malloc failures are handled elsewhere in the repository, then make the failure observable over serial with the proposed 0xE0 code. Done means allocation failure is checked and the normal path remains unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100