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Bug 1714 - Joystick subsystem is corrupted if you unplug the first of >1 joysticks
Summary: Joystick subsystem is corrupted if you unplug the first of >1 joysticks
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: joystick (show other bugs)
Version: HG 2.0
Hardware: All Linux
: P2 critical
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2013-02-08 10:55 UTC by (disabled) Jørgen Tjernø
Modified: 2013-03-04 01:10 UTC (History)
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Proposed fix (1.27 KB, patch)
2013-02-08 11:12 UTC, (disabled) Jørgen Tjernø 		Details | Diff
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Description (disabled) Jørgen Tjernø 2013-02-08 10:55:34 UTC 
If you connect two joysticks, then remove the first one, the internal state of the joystick subsystem is corrupted. Calling things like SDL_JoystickOpen(0) and SDL_JoystickGetDeviceGUID(0) will segfault (dereference NULL).
Comment 1 (disabled) Jørgen Tjernø 2013-02-08 11:12:31 UTC 
Created attachment 1038 [details]
Proposed fix