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-rw-r--r--src/copy.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index f0c6539b7..99e2ca40c 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -430,8 +430,17 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
{
char *cp;
- wp = (word *) (buf + n_read);
- *wp = 1; /* Sentinel to stop loop. */
+ /* Sentinel to stop loop. */
+ buf[n_read] = '\1';
+#ifdef lint
+ /* Usually, buf[n_read] is not the byte just before a "word"
+ (aka uintptr_t) boundary. In that case, the word-oriented
+ test below (*wp++ == 0) would read some uninitialized bytes
+ after the sentinel. To avoid false-positive reports about
+ this condition (e.g., from a tool like valgrind), set the
+ remaining bytes -- to any value. */
+ memset (buf + n_read + 1, 0, sizeof (word) - 1);
+#endif
/* Find first nonzero *word*, or the word with the sentinel. */