src: only memcmp if length > 0 in Buffer::Compare

Both pointer arguments to memcmp are defined as non-null
and compiler optimizes upon that.

PR-URL: #2544
Reviewed-By: trevnorris - Trevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: thefourtheye - Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>

src/node_buffer.cc

@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ void Compare(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value> &args) {
 
   size_t cmp_length = MIN(obj_a_length, obj_b_length);
 
-  int32_t val = memcmp(obj_a_data, obj_b_data, cmp_length);
+  int val = cmp_length > 0 ? memcmp(obj_a_data, obj_b_data, cmp_length) : 0;
 
   // Normalize val to be an integer in the range of [1, -1] since
   // implementations of memcmp() can vary by platform.

test/parallel/test-buffer.js

@@ -1137,6 +1137,9 @@ assert.equal(Buffer.compare(d, b), 1);
 assert.equal(Buffer.compare(b, d), -1);
 assert.equal(Buffer.compare(c, c), 0);
 
+assert.equal(Buffer.compare(Buffer(0), Buffer(0)), 0);
+assert.equal(Buffer.compare(Buffer(0), Buffer(1)), -1);
+assert.equal(Buffer.compare(Buffer(1), Buffer(0)), 1);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   var b = new Buffer(1);