"fast AND correct strncpy" not working by itself? [LWN.net]

"fast AND correct strncpy" not working by itself?

Posted Aug 28, 2003 20:09 UTC (Thu) by akukula (guest, #3862)
In reply to: "fast AND correct strncpy" not working by itself? by dwheeler
Parent article: [PATCH] fast AND correct strncpy

Thanks for suggestions. Indeed, I found a table comparing performance of different 'str*cpy()'. Worth noting!
http://www.courtesan.com/todd/papers/strlcpy.html

> it wastes time zero'ing out bytes you probably don't care about.
Maybe someone then explain why the heck it is in kernel which I presume should use the most efficient algorithms?

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