On 07/18/2013 02:49 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:28:49PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> > When "str >= end", necessary to reset 'str' to "end - 1", or the return
>> > value will be larger than the real one, the callers which depend on the
>> > return value, may cause memory overflow.
> You do realize that snprintf(s, 1, "abc") should return 3, not 1?  The
> goal off snprintf() is _not_ just to truncate the output; return value
> tells how much should the buffer had been to fit the whole thing.
> 
> 

It is my fault, thanks.

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Chen Gang
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