From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2553F3858D1E for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2023 23:28:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 2553F3858D1E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 2553F3858D1E Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=170.10.129.124 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1699486105; cv=none; b=XjcSaUTiXAF5IBO5vsa1rApg9XT3PNoUz6whjoXGrKSPVBHsUA71e9UCT6FcGmo19u92N5ASRQCg2q7xcrGA507E1T4k2dv4QTcdbJJh6PrVXbLDuOQFE64rTTFpUj5mabzYOVhA19zulpEtcrifDpsZKhkPdrMQnkr22R5VTgA= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1699486105; c=relaxed/simple; bh=OTel5y6BIpGfcFEq/h+rLEsV5E6YkftI3Ixx5EI1XkA=; h=DKIM-Signature:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=GmAudqRx6EQJwMU8SXlnln3I+eroUBML5d+VmzYDrCpu18Z128cH2WXh6z6wj4PVRsm+raBh/Aj71FShhV7qFu3xZPzFfdalv5CDWd4fzqatHCv02MbaqBgRL/HwlQUXcftyIgCRLL8cu4HUmAD+t1dd7bcQFo0yX50g8uZB33E= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1699486103; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=u3m97rJVsLqOYz+UgNXwSicFC4GeR1DjVQk1J9LINM8=; b=OYfo3bqgmZazLb3gbOenSWUcErhYaqxwimzU1eZvI1oOAp94OGehqSSWzzhYfd0X8rdxC/ GzRkNKxYB6xaBfWSF5uc7k/ehgJajv5LSTJEz1PmY5fFSfDekcgwpctd3Sq7alTM9fdR8l hWx39f6bAl2LHlDvoyebOCUG4Wc6jJE= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-455-XE7RoVVTOi6jFGWS73VlMQ-1; Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:28:18 -0500 X-MC-Unique: XE7RoVVTOi6jFGWS73VlMQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3FAF101A590; Wed, 8 Nov 2023 23:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com (unknown [10.22.9.226]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65BED2166B26; Wed, 8 Nov 2023 23:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com.redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 3A8NSGh1233870; Wed, 8 Nov 2023 18:28:16 -0500 From: DJ Delorie To: Paul Eggert Cc: alx@kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, jg@jguk.org, mattlloydhouse@gmail.com, xxc3ncoredxx@gmail.com, kukuk@suse.com, adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org, zack@owlfolio.org, g.branden.robinson@gmail.com, carlos@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] stpncpy.3, string_copying.7: Clarify that st[rp]ncpy() do NOT produce a string In-Reply-To: <290c7650-bc39-4315-a9dd-7b9b7ec55333@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:28:16 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.6 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Paul Eggert writes: > Not necessarily. For example, in strncpy (DST, SRC, N), SRC need not be > a string. But it will be treated as one, for the purposes of this function.