1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libio/iofgetws.c b/libio/iofgetws.c
index 654c051a28..775391137a 100644
--- a/libio/iofgetws.c
+++ b/libio/iofgetws.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
+/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ fgetws (buf, n, fp)
   CHECK_FILE (fp, NULL);
   if (n <= 0)
     return NULL;
+  if (__builtin_expect (n == 1, 0))
+    {
+      /* Another irregular case: since we have to store a NUL byte and
+	 there is only room for exactly one byte, we don't have to
+	 read anything.  */
+      buf[0] = L'\0';
+      return buf;
+    }
   _IO_acquire_lock (fp);
   /* This is very tricky since a file descriptor may be in the
      non-blocking mode. The error flag doesn't mean much in this