[PATCH 07/10] setexpr: Correct dropping of final unmatched string

[Tom Rini]

On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 02:15:41PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:

> At present the 'nlen' variable increases with each loop. If the previous
> loop had back references, then subsequent loops without back references
> use the wrong value of nlen. The value is larger, meaning that the string
> terminator from nbuf is copied along to the main buffer, thus terminating
> the string prematurely.
> 
> This leads to the final result being truncated, e.g. missing the last
> (unmatched) part of the string. So "match match tail" become
> "replaced replaced" instead of "replaced replaced tail".
> 
> Fix this by resetting nlen to the correct value each time around the lop.
> 
> Fixes: 855f18ea0e6 ("setexpr: add regex substring matching and substitution")
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/next, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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