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authorMiguel Freitas <miguelfreitas@users.sourceforge.net>2004-04-09 22:12:09 +0000
committerMiguel Freitas <miguelfreitas@users.sourceforge.net>2004-04-09 22:12:09 +0000
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receiving data from network is kind of critical, we better be careful
about buffer overruns. CVS patchset: 6368 CVS date: 2004/04/09 22:12:09
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/xine-engine/io_helper.h b/src/xine-engine/io_helper.h
index 0b1d522e3..9a174a09e 100644
--- a/src/xine-engine/io_helper.h
+++ b/src/xine-engine/io_helper.h
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ off_t _x_io_file_read (xine_stream_t *stream, int fd, char *buf, off_t todo);
off_t _x_io_file_write (xine_stream_t *stream, int fd, char *buf, off_t todo);
/*
- * read a string from socket, return size length
+ * read a string from socket, return string length (same as strlen)
+ * the string is always '\0' terminated but given buffer size is never exceeded
+ * that is, _x_io_tcp_read_line(,,,X) <= (X-1) ; X > 0
*/
int _x_io_tcp_read_line(xine_stream_t *stream, int sock, char *str, int size);