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Re: [PATCH] Fixing where test-strncmp could read beyond page boundary

From: Richard Henderson <rth at twiddle dot net>
To: pc at us dot ibm dot com, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:15:03 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixing where test-strncmp could read beyond page boundary
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On 12/20/2016 10:46 AM, Paul Clarke wrote:
> The 'size' parameter can be used in the implementation of strncmp() to decide
> the loop value for the number of loads.

No, it can't.  I know because I've made that mistake before.


r~

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