Function fixupLength

src/remote/protocol.cpp:128–138

inline void fixupLength(const RemoteXdr* xdrs, ULONG& length)
{
	// If the short (16-bit) value >= 32KB is being transmitted,
	// it gets expanded to long (32-bit) with a sign bit propagated.
	// In order to avoid troubles when reading such a value as long,
	// let's detect and fix unexpected overflows. Here we assume
	// that real longs will never have the highest 16 bits set.

	if (xdrs->x_op == XDR_DECODE && length >> 16 == (ULONG) 0xFFFF)
		length &= (ULONG) 0xFFFF;
}


#ifdef DEBUG