Messages in this thread | | | From | "Nicholas Miell" <> | Subject | Re: Minor bug in lib/string.c | Date | 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 > > -- > Email: <fredie@sprynet.com> > Home Page: "http://members.xoom.com/fredlie/"
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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