Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 3 authors, 2008-03-07

[PATCH] PPC: in celleb_show_cpuinfo() convert strncpy(x, y, sizeof(x)) to strlcpy

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From: Roel Kluin <hidden>
Date: 2008-03-06 13:16:42
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Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Linus Torvalds

This patch was not yet tested. Please confirm it's right.
---
strncpy does not append '\0' if the length of the source string equals
the size parameter, strlcpy does.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <redacted>
---
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
index f27ae1e..d70fc53 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void celleb_show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m)
 
 static int __init celleb_machine_type_hack(char *ptr)
 {
-	strncpy(celleb_machine_type, ptr, sizeof(celleb_machine_type));
+	strlcpy(celleb_machine_type, ptr, sizeof(celleb_machine_type));
 	celleb_machine_type[sizeof(celleb_machine_type)-1] = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
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