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-rw-r--r--source3/include/safe_string.h12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/source3/include/safe_string.h b/source3/include/safe_string.h
index 65ec05a5c6..d01a6c6321 100644
--- a/source3/include/safe_string.h
+++ b/source3/include/safe_string.h
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ size_t __unsafe_string_function_usage_here_char__(void);
safe_strcpy(dest, src, sizeof(pstring)-PTR_DIFF(dest,pstring_base)-1)
-/* inside the _fn varients of these is a call to 'clobber_region' - which might
- destory the stack on a buggy function. Help the debugging process by putting
- the function and line it was last called from into a static buffer
-
- But only for developers */
-
+/* Inside the _fn variants of these is a call to clobber_region(), -
+ * which might destroy the stack on a buggy function. We help the
+ * debugging process by putting the function and line who last caused
+ * a clobbering into a static buffer. If the program crashes at
+ * address 0xf1f1f1f1 then this function is probably, but not
+ * necessarily, to blame. */
#ifdef DEVELOPER
#define overmalloc_safe_strcpy(dest,src,maxlength) safe_strcpy_fn(__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,dest,src,maxlength)
#define safe_strcpy(dest,src,maxlength) safe_strcpy_fn2(__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,dest,src,maxlength)