make GNUNET_strlcpy more flexible by using strnlen instead of strlen

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/strings.c b/src/util/strings.c
index ae0544296..d83c36ef8 100644
--- a/src/util/strings.c
+++ b/src/util/strings.c
@@ -203,15 +203,12 @@ GNUNET_STRINGS_byte_size_fancy (unsigned long long size)
 
 
 /**
- * Like strlcpy but portable. The given string @a src is copied in full length
- * (until its null byte). The destination buffer is guaranteed to be
- * null-terminated.
+ * Like strlcpy but portable. The given string @a src is copied until its null
+ * byte or until @a n - 1 bytes have been read. The destination buffer is
+ * guaranteed to be null-terminated.
  *
- * to a destination buffer
- * and ensures that the destination string is null-terminated.
- *
- * @param dst destination of the copy
- * @param src source of the copy, must be null-terminated
+ * @param dst destination of the copy (must be @a n bytes long)
+ * @param src source of the copy (at most @a n - 1 bytes will be read)
  * @param n the length of the string to copy, including its terminating null
  *          byte
  * @return the length of the string that was copied, excluding the terminating
@@ -224,11 +221,10 @@ GNUNET_strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t n)
   size_t slen;
 
   GNUNET_assert (0 != n);
-  ret = strlen (src);
-  slen = GNUNET_MIN (ret, n - 1);
+  slen = strnlen (src, n - 1);
   memcpy (dst, src, slen);
   dst[slen] = '\0';
-  return ret;
+  return slen;
 }