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doc: update HACKING wrt strncpy/pstrcpy 

Reword the section on strncpy: its NUL-filling is important
in some cases.  Mention that pstrcpy's signature is different.

Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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Jim Meyering 2012-10-04 13:10:03 +02:00 committed by Anthony Liguori
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@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ emulators.
4. String manipulation
Do not use the strncpy function. According to the man page, it does
*not* guarantee a NULL-terminated buffer, which makes it extremely dangerous
to use. Instead, use functionally equivalent function:
void pstrcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str)
Do not use the strncpy function. As mentioned in the man page, it does *not*
guarantee a NULL-terminated buffer, which makes it extremely dangerous to use.
It also zeros trailing destination bytes out to the specified length. Instead,
use this similar function when possible, but note its different signature:
void pstrcpy(char *dest, int dest_buf_size, const char *src)
Don't use strcat because it can't check for buffer overflows, but:
char *pstrcat(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *s)