Module: kamailio Branch: master Commit: fcdfaf98acf8a66e84b9dccc767fb52c0cf0d460 URL: https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/commit/fcdfaf98acf8a66e84b9dccc767fb52c...

Author: Alex Hermann alex@hexla.nl Committer: Henning Westerholt hw@skalatan.de Date: 2020-10-21T07:40:24+02:00

core: Document that a str can be zero-terminated

But by default it isn't.

The functions shm_str_dup() and pkg_str_dup() will always create a zero-terminated copy

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Modified: src/core/str.h

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Diff: https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/commit/fcdfaf98acf8a66e84b9dccc767fb52c... Patch: https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/commit/fcdfaf98acf8a66e84b9dccc767fb52c...

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diff --git a/src/core/str.h b/src/core/str.h index 01b12ecb62..58d7d627f6 100644 --- a/src/core/str.h +++ b/src/core/str.h @@ -40,13 +40,16 @@ * need to make a zero-terminated copy of it. * * @section drawbacks Drawbacks - * Note well that the fact that string stored - * using this data structure are not zero terminated makes them a little - * incovenient to use with many standard libc string functions, because these - * usually expect the input to be zero-terminated. In this case you have to - * either make a zero-terminated copy or inject the terminating zero behind - * the actuall string (if possible). Note that injecting a zero terminating - * characters is considered to be dangerous. + * Note well that the fact that a string stored + * using this data structure are not guaranteed to be zero terminated (by + * default they're not) makes them a little incovenient to use with many + * standard libc string functions, because these usually expect the input + * to be zero-terminated. + * In this case you have to either make a zero-terminated copy or inject the + * terminating zero behind the actuall string (if possible). Note that + * injecting a zero terminating characters is considered to be dangerous. + * The functions shm_str_dup() and pkg_str_dup() will always create a + * zero-terminated copy. */

/** @file