[Libevent-users] evbuffer_pullup(x,-1): garbage at end?

[Bas Verhoeven <libevent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again,

Another question! I used the code from Pavel to create a basic HTTP 
client. While testing I noticed that the retrieved data sometimes (but 
consistent for that specific request) contains garbage at the end:

(gdb) p joined
$4 = 0x95232ff "<the actual response>\nÿÁÈ[ç\002\030[æ"

The client uses 'evbuffer_pullup(buffer, -1)' to get a char* containing 
all data received. When testing with 'evbuffer_readln()' the garbage 
does not show up. Packet sniffing has also shown that that extra data is 
not being sent by the webserver.

It almost appears as if the '\0' is missing at the end of the data. If I 
manually put a '\0' at the length (retrieved by evbuffer_get_length()) 
of the buffer then everything appears to be fine.

Are we using the wrong method to retrieve data from the evbuffer, or is 
this a bug/by design?
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