# Re: \[PATCH 5/7\] security: Replace get\_task\_comm() with %pTN

- From: Linus Torvalds \<torvalds@linux-foundation.org\>
- Date: 2024-12-17 01:08:35 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2024/12/2862934
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2024/12/2858975/t.md

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On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 at 21:47, Yafang Shao [ref] wrote:
>
> Since task->comm is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated, we can print it
> directly without the need to copy it into a separate buffer.

So i think we should do the "without copying into a separate buffer"
part of this series, but I do think we should just accept "%s" and
"task->comm".

IOW - getting rid of get_task_comm() is good.

But the "%pTN" pointer format ends up being unnecessary.

          Linus
```