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Re: [PATCH] strbuf: use valid pointer in strbuf_remove()

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 13, 2016, 18:14 UTC
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<20160913181420.ebsiscqk3sbc7axl@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 06:40:22PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
> The fourth argument of strbuf_splice() is passed to memcpy(3), which is
> not supposed to handle NULL pointers.  Let's be extra careful and use a
> valid empty string instead.  It even shortens the source code. :)
Heh. Looks obviously correct and like a good thing to do.
-Peff
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  1. strbuf: use valid pointer in strbuf_remove()René Scharfe, Sep 13, 2016
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