Re: Minor bug in lib/string.c
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 29 May 1999 02:13:28 +0100 (BST)
> 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.
The kernel functions aren't always quite ANSI. Speed first in the kernel
case.
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