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From: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] configure: Clearer documentation for "disable-safe-bitstream-reader"
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:05:04 +0200
Message-ID: <20250410170504.308400-1-michael@niedermayer.cc> (raw)

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
---
 configure | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bd4f8723760..f1db8b6f235 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --enable-hardcoded-tables use hardcoded tables instead of runtime generation
   --disable-safe-bitstream-reader
                            disable buffer boundary checking in bitreaders
-                           (faster, but may crash)
+                           (This disables some security checks and can cause undefined behavior,
+                            it may be faster, but should only be used with trusted input)
   --sws-max-filter-size=N  the max filter size swscale uses [$sws_max_filter_size_default]
 
 Optimization options (experts only):
-- 
2.49.0

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             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-10 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-10 17:05 Michael Niedermayer [this message]
2025-04-11  6:32 ` Andreas Rheinhardt
2025-04-12  0:11   ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-04-12  0:19     ` Timo Rothenpieler
2025-04-12  0:42       ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-04-16  0:34         ` Michael Niedermayer

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