[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8481: strncpy doesn't pad the destination string with NULs
- From: "korli" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:50:51 -0000
#8481: strncpy doesn't pad the destination string with NULs
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Reporter: hamish | Owner: axeld
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: System/libroot.so | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: strncpy
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by korli):
Replying to [comment:2 hamish]:
> On x86, gcc2+4 O0/O2/O3, zeroing everything beforehand is faster than
zeroing the remainder afterwards in most cases
Hmm, surely correct when the source string is empty, but incorrect when
the source string has the specified length or more.
I think you should better memset afterward with dest and count, which
should already have the correct values (unless I'm mistaken).
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8481#comment:3>
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