Re: bin/51893: [PATCH] tests/lib/libc/ssp/h_memset: prevent toolchain from optimizing out memset call

["Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/51893; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/51893: [PATCH] tests/lib/libc/ssp/h_memset: prevent toolchain
 from optimizing out memset call
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:34:53 -0800

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 Patch attached.
 -Ngie
 
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 Index: lib/libc/ssp/h_memset.c
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 RCS file: /cvsroot/src/tests/lib/libc/ssp/h_memset.c,v
 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 h_memset.c
 --- lib/libc/ssp/h_memset.c	27 Dec 2010 02:04:19 -0000	1.1
 +++ lib/libc/ssp/h_memset.c	15 Jan 2017 21:27:18 -0000
 @@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
  	char b[10];
  	size_t len =  atoi(argv[1]);
  	(void)memset(b, 0, len);
 -	return 0;
 +	return b[0]; /* keeps optimizer from zapping the call to memset() */
  }
 
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