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| author | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2008-12-26 02:50:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2008-12-26 02:50:13 +0000 |
| commit | 6eb4415eaaaa2a01209262555f0a115a46deeb36 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d96fed6363347ee595588a77b65cfe9eda0f711 /include | |
| parent | 9ffbd8cdf7807e1621d2421f120aef668530b8da (diff) | |
include/libc-string_i386.h: fix a bug where memset('\xff') misbehaves
Rules.mak: add -funsigned-char, to forestall future PITA
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/libc-string_i386.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/libc-string_i386.h b/include/libc-string_i386.h index 3ed9c8783..3eefdeb76 100644 --- a/include/libc-string_i386.h +++ b/include/libc-string_i386.h @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ void *inlined_memset_const_c_count4(void *s, unsigned eax, unsigned count) return s; } - eax *= 0x01010101; /* done at compile time */ + /* You wonder why & 0xff is needed? Try memset(p, '\xff', size). + * If char is signed, '\xff' == -1! */ + eax = (eax & 0xff) * 0x01010101; /* done at compile time */ if (count == 2) { *(short *)(s + 0) = eax; |