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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2d4b6886dd..79f63385ca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-07-12  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	[BZ #263]
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c (getloadavg): Don't store
+	outside the buffer if the read returns 0.  __strtod_l can't set
+	endp to NULL, so remove a test for that case.
+
 2004-07-12  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
 
 	* manual/signal.texi (Interrupted Primitives): Make clear that
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
index 6ef17fe0d0..6a521431ba 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getloadavg.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ getloadavg (double loadavg[], int nelem)
 
       nread = read_not_cancel (fd, buf, sizeof buf - 1);
       close_not_cancel_no_status (fd);
-      if (nread < 0)
+      if (nread <= 0)
 	return -1;
       buf[nread - 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ getloadavg (double loadavg[], int nelem)
 	{
 	  char *endp;
 	  loadavg[i] = __strtod_l (p, &endp, &_nl_C_locobj);
-	  if (endp == NULL || endp == p)
+	  if (endp == p)
 	    /* This should not happen.  The format of /proc/loadavg
 	       must have changed.  Don't return with what we have,
 	       signal an error.  */