Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/strlen.3 | 6 ++++++ man3/wcslen.3 | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/strlen.3 b/man3/strlen.3 index dea4c1050..78783c446 100644 --- a/man3/strlen.3 +++ b/man3/strlen.3 @@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe .sp 1 .SH CONFORMING TO POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD. +.SH NOTES +.SS strnlen(3) +If the input buffer size is known, +it is probably better to use +.BR strnlen (3), +which can prevent reading past the end of the array. .SH SEE ALSO .BR string (3), .BR strnlen (3), diff --git a/man3/wcslen.3 b/man3/wcslen.3 index af3fcb9ca..fe1d6331b 100644 --- a/man3/wcslen.3 +++ b/man3/wcslen.3 @@ -58,5 +58,12 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe .sp 1 .SH CONFORMING TO POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99. +.SH NOTES +.SS wcsnlen(3) +If the input buffer size is known, +it is probably better to use +.BR wcsnlen (3), +which can prevent reading past the end of the array. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR strlen (3) +.BR strlen (3), +.BR wcsnlen (3) -- 2.32.0
