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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--NEWS4
-rw-r--r--string/xpg-strerror.c17
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc2b7a8283..bc73ba35bc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2011-05-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
+ [BZ #12782]
+ * string/xpg-strerror.c (__xpg_strerror_r): Fill buffer even if error
+ is returned.
+
* string/_strerror.c (__strerror_r): Print negative errors as signed
numbers.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a99c74a041..90ccee7df8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Version 2.14
12454, 12460, 12469, 12489, 12509, 12510, 12511, 12518, 12527, 12541,
12545, 12551, 12582, 12583, 12587, 12597, 12601, 12611, 12625, 12626,
12631, 12650, 12653, 12655, 12660, 12681, 12685, 12711, 12713, 12714,
- 12717, 12723, 12724, 12734, 12738, 12746, 12766, 12775, 12777, 12788,
- 12792
+ 12717, 12723, 12724, 12734, 12738, 12746, 12766, 12775, 12777, 12782,
+ 12788, 12792
* The RPC implementation in libc is obsoleted. Old programs keep working
but new programs cannot be linked with the routines in libc anymore.
diff --git a/string/xpg-strerror.c b/string/xpg-strerror.c
index 8d898122d1..00256c3dac 100644
--- a/string/xpg-strerror.c
+++ b/string/xpg-strerror.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995-1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
+#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <libintl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
@@ -37,16 +38,16 @@
int
__xpg_strerror_r (int errnum, char *buf, size_t buflen)
{
+ const char *estr = __strerror_r (errnum, buf, buflen);
+ size_t estrlen = strlen (estr);
+
if (errnum < 0 || errnum >= _sys_nerr_internal
|| _sys_errlist_internal[errnum] == NULL)
return EINVAL;
- const char *estr = (const char *) _(_sys_errlist_internal[errnum]);
- size_t estrlen = strlen (estr) + 1;
-
- if (buflen < estrlen)
- return ERANGE;
+ assert (estr != buf);
+/* Terminate the string in any case. */
+ *((char *) __mempcpy (buf, estr, MIN (buflen - 1, estrlen))) = '\0';
- memcpy (buf, estr, estrlen);
- return 0;
+ return buflen <= estrlen ? ERANGE : 0;
}