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authorcjihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>2018-01-13 00:30:28 -0500
committercjihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>2018-01-17 09:05:52 -0500
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buffer: throw when filling with empty buffers
Prior to this commit, Node would enter an infinite loop when attempting to fill a non-zero length buffer with a zero length buffer. This commit introduces a thrown exception in this scenario. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18129 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/18128 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index f1d3cab666..767d7e2aa8 100644
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@@ -519,6 +519,10 @@ changes:
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17427
description: Specifying an invalid string for `fill` triggers a thrown
exception.
+ - version: REPLACEME
+ pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18129
+ description: Attempting to fill a non-zero length buffer with a zero length
+ buffer triggers a thrown exception.
-->
* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer`.
@@ -1231,6 +1235,10 @@ changes:
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17427
description: Specifying an invalid string for `value` triggers a thrown
exception.
+ - version: REPLACEME
+ pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18129
+ description: Attempting to fill a non-zero length buffer with a zero length
+ buffer triggers a thrown exception.
-->
* `value` {string|Buffer|integer} The value to fill `buf` with.