auto merge of #17195 : tbu-/rust/pr_strfindoverflow2, r=alexcrichton

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcore/str.rs b/src/libcore/str.rs
index d6f35b0dcc6..6837f3b9af7 100644
--- a/src/libcore/str.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/str.rs
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ enum Searcher {
 impl Searcher {
     fn new(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> Searcher {
         // FIXME: Tune this.
+        // FIXME(#16715): This unsigned integer addition will probably not
+        // overflow because that would mean that the memory almost solely
+        // consists of the needle. Needs #16715 to be formally fixed.
         if needle.len() + 20 > haystack.len() {
             Naive(NaiveSearcher::new())
         } else {