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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-10-05 08:54:36 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-10-05 08:54:36 +0200 |
commit | 168ae5a74b4a9ebf0bd9c5ea7008af0b7a6ccf04 (patch) | |
tree | b3d8e85dd327bd288064a43e1020b770d18db30b /lib/string.c | |
parent | 21c949b21802341411937291fb04e153b3c8f471 (diff) | |
parent | 549738f15da0e5a00275977623be199fbbf7df50 (diff) |
Merge 5.9-rc8 into usb-next
We need the USB fixes in here as well for testing.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/string.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/string.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index 6012c385fb31..4288e0158d47 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -272,6 +272,30 @@ ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy_pad); +/** + * stpcpy - copy a string from src to dest returning a pointer to the new end + * of dest, including src's %NUL-terminator. May overrun dest. + * @dest: pointer to end of string being copied into. Must be large enough + * to receive copy. + * @src: pointer to the beginning of string being copied from. Must not overlap + * dest. + * + * stpcpy differs from strcpy in a key way: the return value is a pointer + * to the new %NUL-terminating character in @dest. (For strcpy, the return + * value is a pointer to the start of @dest). This interface is considered + * unsafe as it doesn't perform bounds checking of the inputs. As such it's + * not recommended for usage. Instead, its definition is provided in case + * the compiler lowers other libcalls to stpcpy. + */ +char *stpcpy(char *__restrict__ dest, const char *__restrict__ src); +char *stpcpy(char *__restrict__ dest, const char *__restrict__ src) +{ + while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0') + /* nothing */; + return --dest; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(stpcpy); + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT /** * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another |