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14.Dd August 12, 2017
15.Dt MEMSET_S 3C
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm memset_s
19.Nd copy a value to all bytes of a memory buffer
20.Sh LIBRARY
21.Lb libc
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.Fd #define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1
24.In string.h
25.Ft errno_t
26.Fo memset_s
27.Fa "void *s"
28.Fa "rsize_t smax"
29.Fa "int c"
30.Fa "rsize_t n"
31.Fc
32.Sh DESCRIPTION
33The
34.Fn memset_s
35function copies the value of
36.Fa c
37.Po converted to an
38.Vt unsigned char
39.Pc
40into each of the first
41.Fa n
42bytes of the memory buffer pointed to by
43.Fa s .
44.Pp
45Unlike the
46.Xr memset 3C ,
47.Fn memset_s
48is guaranteed to never be optimized away by the compiler.
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn memset_s
52function detects the following runtime-constraint violations:
53.Bl -enum
54.It
55.Fa s
56is a
57.Dv NULL
58pointer.
59.It
60.Fa smax
61or
62.Fa n
63is greater than
64.Dv RSIZE_MAX .
65.It
66.Fa n
67is greater than
68.Fa smax
69.Pq buffer overflow .
70.El
71.Pp
72If runtime-constraint violation is detected, and if
73.Fa s
74and
75.Fa smax
76are valid, the
77.Fn memset_s
78function copies the value of
79.Fa c
80.Po converted to an
81.Vt unsigned char
82.Pc
83into each of the first
84.Fa smax
85bytes of the memory buffer pointed to by
86.Fa s
87before calling the runtime-constraint handler.
88.Sh RETURN VALUES
89The
90.Fn memset_s
91function returns 0 if there was no runtime-constraint violation.
92Otherwise, a non-zero value is returned.
93.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
94.Sy Standard
95.Sh MT-LEVEL
96.Sy Safe
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr memset 3C ,
99.Xr set_constraint_handler_s 3C
100.Sh STANDARDS
101The
102.Fn memset_s
103function conforms to
104.St -isoC-2011 .
105