Re: Minor bug in lib/string.c

Nicholas Miell (bc543@scn.org)
Fri, 28 May 1999 21:53:26 -0700

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>
> Hi,
>
> I didn't know were else to send this. The Linux docs say if I'm total
> clueless, send it here. :)
>
> I found a minor bug in lib/string.c, in the strncpy() function. These
> two lines need to be added after the first while loop.
>
> while(count--)
> *dest++ = '\0';
>
> ANSI says strncpy() needs to have the destination string null padded
> to 'count' bytes if the source string has ended.
>
> Brad Proctor
>
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I don't think anyone really cares. The kernel isn't ANSI, and padding the
string
would just slow down the function.

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