* This works as long as no function between the call to mdb_strerror
* and the actual use of the message uses more than 4K of stack.
*/
- char pad[4096];
- char buf[1024], *ptr = buf;
+#define MSGSIZE 1024
+#define PADSIZE 4096
+ char buf[MSGSIZE+PADSIZE], *ptr = buf;
#endif
int i;
if (!err)
buf[0] = 0;
FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
- NULL, err, 0, ptr, sizeof(buf), (va_list *)pad);
+ NULL, err, 0, ptr, MSGSIZE, (va_list *)buf+MSGSIZE);
return ptr;
#else
return strerror(err);