From 5901137c1e2ce1745ab19a979bf1855ab45c103e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stujones11 <stujones111@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:01:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check length of serialized item stacks

---
 api.lua  | 7 ++++++-
 init.lua | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api.lua b/api.lua
index 127f60d..c4dd225 100644
--- a/api.lua
+++ b/api.lua
@@ -336,7 +336,12 @@ meshnode.create = function(pos, parent)
 	if meta_tab.inventory then
 		for _, list in pairs(meta_tab.inventory) do
 			for i, stack in ipairs(list) do
-				list[i] = ItemStack(stack):to_string()
+				local str = ItemStack(stack):to_string()
+				if str:len() > 0xffff then
+					minetest.log("error", "String too long for serialization!")
+					str = ""
+				end
+				list[i] = str
 			end
 		end
 	end
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 82741a8..4d50d8c 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@ minetest.register_entity("meshnode:ctrl", {
 		end
 	end,
 	get_staticdata = function(self)
-		for k, v in pairs(self.nodes) do
-			if type(v) == "string" and v:len() > 0xffff then
-				minetest.log("error", "String too long for serialization!")
-				self.nodes[k] = ""
-			end
-		end
 		local data = {self.mesh_id, self.activated, self.nodes}
 		return minetest.serialize(data)
 	end,