The branch main has been updated by brooks: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=015b890e28b87f182212230de35c9b061ff71258
commit 015b890e28b87f182212230de35c9b061ff71258 Author: Brooks Davis <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2026-06-21 16:43:48 +0000 Commit: Brooks Davis <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-06-21 16:48:49 +0000 mem*.3: stop refering to strings POSIX and the C standard now refer to objects and sequences rather than confusingly revering to strings. Also update bcopy(3) and bzero(3). Reviewed by: emaste Sponsored by: Innovate UK Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57680 --- lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 | 10 +++++----- lib/libc/string/bzero.3 | 6 +++--- lib/libc/string/memccpy.3 | 12 ++++++------ lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 | 8 ++++---- lib/libc/string/memmem.3 | 8 ++++---- lib/libc/string/memmove.3 | 10 +++++----- lib/libc/string/memset.3 | 6 +++--- 7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 b/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 index 230ca2eea89a..48c21fbdde06 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 @@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd August 24, 2015 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt BCOPY 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bcopy -.Nd copy byte string +.Nd copy bytes in memory .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ The function copies .Fa len -bytes from string +bytes from object .Fa src -to string +to object .Fa dst . -The two strings may overlap. +The two objects may overlap. If .Fa len is zero, no bytes are copied. diff --git a/lib/libc/string/bzero.3 b/lib/libc/string/bzero.3 index 2c791c497d8c..054031660a0d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/bzero.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/bzero.3 @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd August 24, 2015 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt BZERO 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bzero , .Nm explicit_bzero -.Nd write zeroes to a byte string +.Nd write zeroes to memory .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The function writes .Fa len -zero bytes to the string +zero bytes to the object .Fa b . If .Fa len diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memccpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/memccpy.3 index 0d35a68fce67..5a4305afb743 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memccpy.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memccpy.3 @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd December 5, 2023 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt MEMCCPY 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memccpy -.Nd copy string until character found +.Nd copy bytes until character found .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ The .Fn memccpy function -copies bytes from string +copies bytes from object .Fa src -to string +to object .Fa dst . If the character .Fa c (as converted to an .Vt "unsigned char" ) -occurs in the string +occurs in the object .Fa src , the copy stops and a pointer to the byte after the copy of .Fa c -in the string +in the object .Fa dst is returned. Otherwise, diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 index c1cf93af1cdc..5dfa18b9e67f 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd November 18, 2023 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt MEMCPY 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memcpy -.Nd copy byte string +.Nd copy bytes in memory .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ and functions copy .Fa len -bytes from string +bytes from object .Fa src -to string +to object .Fa dst . If .Fa src diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memmem.3 b/lib/libc/string/memmem.3 index e301a0bd1e0f..8e8aa6dafa99 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memmem.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memmem.3 @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd June 29, 2023 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt MEMMEM 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memmem -.Nd "locate a byte substring in a byte string" +.Nd "locate a byte subsequence in a byte sequence" .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ The .Fn memmem function -locates the first occurrence of the byte string +locates the first occurrence of the byte sequence .Fa little -in the byte string +in the byte sequence .Fa big . .Sh RETURN VALUES If diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memmove.3 b/lib/libc/string/memmove.3 index 4fd190610388..b92b611b9ff5 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memmove.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memmove.3 @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt MEMMOVE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memmove -.Nd copy byte string +.Nd copy bytes in memory .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ The function copies .Fa len -bytes from string +bytes from object .Fa src -to string +to object .Fa dst . -The two strings may overlap; +The two objects may overlap; the copy is always done in a non-destructive manner. .Sh RETURN VALUES The diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memset.3 b/lib/libc/string/memset.3 index f6ab9dacb516..b9e09169cc38 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memset.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memset.3 @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd October 24, 2024 +.Dd June 21, 2026 .Dt MEMSET 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memset -.Nd write a byte to byte string +.Nd set bytes in memory .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ bytes of value .Fa c (converted to an .Vt "unsigned char" ) -to the string +to the object .Fa dest . Undefined behaviour from .Fn memset ,
