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Message-ID: <loom.20131115T212022-997@post.gmane.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:23:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Wuertele <dave+gmane@...rtele.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: sscanf(3) return value doesn't count %100c assignments

Comparing musl-0.9.14 with glibc-2.13, I find sscanf(3) behaves
differently.  In Glibc, sscanf() returns the same assignment counts when
using %Nc compared with using %s, but in Mulsl, sscanf returns different
assignment counts.

For example, take the following two instructions:

  sscanf (string, "%d %s", &number, remainder);
  sscanf (string, "%d %100c", &number, remainder);

If each of these makes two assignments, they should both return 2.
Glibc works this way.  But even though with Musl they both make two
assignments, Musl sscanf() returns 2 for the %s and it returns 1 for
the %100c version.

Here is a test program:

  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <strings.h>

  int main ()
  {
    int number = 0;
    char *string = "1234 five six seven";
    char remainder[100];
    bzero (remainder, sizeof(remainder));
    int args = sscanf (string, "%d %s", &number, remainder);
    fprintf (stderr,
             "format=%%s string=\"%s\" args=%d number=%d remainder=%s\n",
             string, args, number, remainder);
    args = sscanf (string, "%d %100c", &number, remainder);
    fprintf (stderr,
             "format=%%100c string=\"%s\" args=%d number=%d remainder=%s\n",
             string, args, number, remainder);

    return 0;
  }

Here is how I compile them:

  arm-tegra452-linux-gnueabi-gcc --static test.c -o test-glibc
  arm-linux-musleabishf-gcc -static test.c -o test-musl

Here is what I see when I execute them:

  # ./test-musl
  format=%s string="1234 five six" args=2 number=1234 remainder=five
  format=%100c string="1234 five six" args=1 number=1234 remainder=five six
  # ./test-glibc
  format=%s string="1234 five six" args=2 number=1234 remainder=five
  format=%100c string="1234 five six" args=2 number=1234 remainder=five six

This seems like a bug to me.  I tried to read through
musl-0.9.14/src/stdio/vfscanf.c to troubleshoot this, but I couldn't find the
source of the difference.  Can anyone give me pointers to build a musl-libc
that has a sscanf() that is compatible with glibc's sscanf()?

Thanks,
Dave


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