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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/copy.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2007-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + Placate valgrind, wrt ./cp --sparse=always + * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Place the sentinel by setting a + full word's worth of bits, not just a single byte's worth. + This avoids a harmless (but distracting) case of memory being + used-uninitialized. + 2007-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * tests/misc/date: Remove vestigial use of Data::Dumper. diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index a3489c399..f0c6539b7 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name, { char *cp; - buf[n_read] = 1; /* Sentinel to stop loop. */ + wp = (word *) (buf + n_read); + *wp = 1; /* Sentinel to stop loop. */ /* Find first nonzero *word*, or the word with the sentinel. */ |