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-rw-r--r--tests/stack_protector_test_helper.cpp7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/stack_protector_test_helper.cpp b/tests/stack_protector_test_helper.cpp
index fd90b939b..eddd94074 100644
--- a/tests/stack_protector_test_helper.cpp
+++ b/tests/stack_protector_test_helper.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ __attribute__((noinline)) void modify_stack_protector_test() {
// We can't use memset here because it's fortified, and we want to test
// the line of defense *after* that.
// Without volatile, the generic x86/x86-64 targets don't write to the stack.
- volatile char* p;
- p = reinterpret_cast<volatile char*>(&p + 1);
- *p = '\0';
+ // We can't make a constant change, since the existing byte might already have
+ // had that value.
+ volatile char* p = reinterpret_cast<volatile char*>(&p + 1);
+ *p = ~*p;
}