[PATCH] fix strncpy on generic user platforms

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 112389ed554a..b7df79574a57 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ char * strcpy(char * dest,const char *src)
  * @src: Where to copy the string from
  * @count: The maximum number of bytes to copy
  *
- * Note that unlike userspace strncpy, this does not %NUL-pad the buffer.
- * However, the result is not %NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
+ * The result is not %NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
  * @count bytes.
  */
 char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count)
@@ -90,7 +89,8 @@ char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count)
 
 	while (count-- && (*dest++ = *src++) != '\0')
 		/* nothing */;
-
+	while (count-- > 0)
+		*dest++ = 0;
 	return tmp;
 }
 #endif