[PATCH 2/4] compare_string_array: code shrink

[Martin Lewis]

Code shrink and prevention of possible out of bounds access.

function                                             old     new   delta
nth_string                                            36      26     -10
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-10)             Total: -10 bytes
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 981342	  16915	   1872	1000129	  f42c1	busybox_old
 981332	  16915	   1872	1000119	  f42b7	busybox_unstripped

Signed-off-by: Martin Lewis <martin.lewis.x84 at gmail.com>
---
 libbb/compare_string_array.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index 01a9df0e2..a06e57d3d 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ int FAST_FUNC index_in_substrings(const char *strings, const char *key)
 const char* FAST_FUNC nth_string(const char *strings, int n)
 {
 	while (n) {
-		n--;
-		strings += strlen(strings) + 1;
+		if (*strings++ == '\0') {
+			if (*strings == '\0') /* reached end of strings */
+				break;
+			n--;
+		}
 	}
 	return strings;
 }
-- 
2.11.0