Hi Helge, On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
Without further ado, the following was found: Issue: The variable I<size> is not defined above in the summary? Is this I<n>? "This function appends the null-terminated string I<src> to the string" "I<dest>, copying at most I<size-strlen(dest)-1> from I<src>, and adds a" "terminating null byte to the result, I<unless> I<size> is less than" "I<strlen(dest)>. This function fixes the buffer overrun problem of" "B<strcat>(), but the caller must still handle the possibility of data loss" "if I<size> is too small. The function returns the length of the string" "B<strlcat>() tried to create; if the return value is greater than or equal" "to I<size>, data loss occurred. If data loss matters, the caller I<must>" "either check the arguments before the call, or test the function return" "value. B<strlcat>() is not present in glibc and is not standardized by" "POSIX, but is available on Linux via the I<libbsd> library."
The report is invalid. That 'size' refers to the strlcat(3) prototype, declared in the same NOTES section.
Cheers, Alex -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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