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-rw-r--r--coreutils/dd.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 3fdfc236a..627e7e7b5 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -286,25 +286,26 @@ int dd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
}
while (!(flags & FLAG_COUNT) || (G.in_full + G.in_part != count)) {
- if (flags & FLAG_NOERROR) /* Pre-zero the buffer if conv=noerror */
- memset(ibuf, 0, ibs);
n = safe_read(ifd, ibuf, ibs);
if (n == 0)
break;
if (n < 0) {
+ /* "Bad block" */
if (!(flags & FLAG_NOERROR))
goto die_infile;
- n = ibs;
bb_simple_perror_msg(infile);
- /* GNU dd with conv=noerror skips over "bad blocks" */
+ /* GNU dd with conv=noerror skips over bad blocks */
xlseek(ifd, ibs, SEEK_CUR);
+ /* conv=noerror,sync writes NULs,
+ * conv=noerror just ignores input bad blocks */
+ n = 0;
}
if ((size_t)n == ibs)
G.in_full++;
else {
G.in_part++;
if (flags & FLAG_SYNC) {
- memset(ibuf + n, '\0', ibs - n);
+ memset(ibuf + n, 0, ibs - n);
n = ibs;
}
}