Re: Avoid incomplete copy string (src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid incomplete copy string (src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c)
Date: 2024-06-24 01:05:42
Message-ID: CAEudQAq=bffL+=76T2R5A8mde191XwwxWevj1iU1K83HabTgtA@mail.gmail.com
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Em dom., 23 de jun. de 2024 às 21:54, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
escreveu:

> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 09:34:45PM -0300, Ranier Vilela wrote:
> > It's not critical code, so I think it's ok to use strlen, even because
> the
> > result of strlen will already be available using modern compilers.
> >
> > So, I think it's ok to use memcpy with strlen + 1.
>
> It seems to me that there is a pretty good argument to just use
> strlcpy() for the same reason as the one you cite: this is not a
> performance-critical code, and that's just safer.
>
Yeah, I'm fine with strlcpy. I'm not against it.

New version, attached.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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