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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/string.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/string.c | 67 |
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index 38e4ca08e757..6016eb3ac73d 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -159,11 +159,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy); * @src: Where to copy the string from * @count: Size of destination buffer * - * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer. - * The routine returns the number of characters copied (not including - * the trailing NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough. - * The behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap. - * The destination buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized. + * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer. The + * behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap. The destination + * buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized. * * Preferred to strlcpy() since the API doesn't require reading memory * from the src string beyond the specified "count" bytes, and since @@ -173,8 +171,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy); * * Preferred to strncpy() since it always returns a valid string, and * doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be - * zeroed. If the zeroing is desired, it's likely cleaner to use strscpy() - * with an overflow test, then just memset() the tail of the dest buffer. + * zeroed. If zeroing is desired please use strscpy_pad(). + * + * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing + * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough. */ ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count) { @@ -237,6 +237,39 @@ ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count) EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy); #endif +/** + * strscpy_pad() - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer + * @dest: Where to copy the string to + * @src: Where to copy the string from + * @count: Size of destination buffer + * + * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer. The + * behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap. The destination + * buffer is always %NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized. + * + * If the source string is shorter than the destination buffer, zeros + * the tail of the destination buffer. + * + * For full explanation of why you may want to consider using the + * 'strscpy' functions please see the function docstring for strscpy(). + * + * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing + * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough. + */ +ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count) +{ + ssize_t written; + + written = strscpy(dest, src, count); + if (written < 0 || written == count - 1) + return written; + + memset(dest + written + 1, 0, count - written - 1); + + return written; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy_pad); + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT /** * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another @@ -866,6 +899,26 @@ __visible int memcmp(const void *cs, const void *ct, size_t count) EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp); #endif +#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCMP +/** + * bcmp - returns 0 if and only if the buffers have identical contents. + * @a: pointer to first buffer. + * @b: pointer to second buffer. + * @len: size of buffers. + * + * The sign or magnitude of a non-zero return value has no particular + * meaning, and architectures may implement their own more efficient bcmp(). So + * while this particular implementation is a simple (tail) call to memcmp, do + * not rely on anything but whether the return value is zero or non-zero. + */ +#undef bcmp +int bcmp(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len) +{ + return memcmp(a, b, len); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcmp); +#endif + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN /** * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory. |