Remark: src/tools/show.c

[Derrick Lyndon Pallas]

Forcing later callers to assume state about a buffer is not better. Re: 
strncpy, the explicit termination *is* required, since the destination 
will not be null terminated if the source is the same size. Also, 
doesn't this patch remove the "ago" response? ~Derrick


On 8/31/19 3:41 AM, Markus Grundmann wrote:
> I think the explicit termination (buf[] = '\0') is not needed. Personaly
> I would prefer memset() to clean up the buffer. strncopy() reduced by
> two instead of a single chars protects the last string terminator. But
> we will not die when it not was changed
>
> [src/tools/show.c]
> ==> endpoint() <==
> 122,123c122
> - 		strncpy(buf, gai_strerror(ret), sizeof(buf) - 1);
> - 		buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
> ---
> + 		strncpy(buf, gai_strerror(ret), sizeof(buf) - 2);
> 162a162
> + 	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
> 164c164
> - 		strncpy(buf, "Now", sizeof(buf) - 1);
> ---
> + 		strncpy(buf, "Now", sizeof(buf) - 2);
>
> ==> ago() <==
> 166c166
> - 		strncpy(buf, "(" TERMINAL_FG_RED "System clock wound backward;
> connection problems may ensue." TERMINAL_RESET ")", sizeof(buf) - 1);
> ---
> + 		strncpy(buf, "(" TERMINAL_FG_RED "System clock wound backward;
> connection problems may ensue." TERMINAL_RESET ")", sizeof(buf) - 2);
> 169c169
> - 		strncpy(buf + offset, " ago", sizeof(buf) - offset - 1);
> ---
> - 		strncpy(buf + offset, " ago", sizeof(buf) - offset - 2);
> 171d170
> - 	buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
>