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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index c38a318f74..45a98946ef 100644
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -6110,7 +6110,7 @@ S_sv_pos_u2b_forwards(const U8 *const start, const U8 *const send,
the passed in UTF-8 offset. */
static STRLEN
S_sv_pos_u2b_midway(const U8 *const start, const U8 *send,
- const STRLEN uoffset, const STRLEN uend)
+ STRLEN uoffset, const STRLEN uend)
{
STRLEN backw = uend - uoffset;
@@ -6120,7 +6120,14 @@ S_sv_pos_u2b_midway(const U8 *const start, const U8 *send,
/* The assumption is that going forwards is twice the speed of going
forward (that's where the 2 * backw comes from).
(The real figure of course depends on the UTF-8 data.) */
- return sv_pos_u2b_forwards(start, send, uoffset);
+ const U8 *s = start;
+
+ while (s < send && uoffset--)
+ s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+ assert (s <= send);
+ if (s > send)
+ s = send;
+ return s - start;
}
while (backw--) {