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

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

flat view

From: Ishizaki Kou <hidden>
Date: 2008-03-07 08:15:08
Also in: lkml

Roel Kluin [off-list ref] wrote:
Roel Kluin wrote:
quoted
This patch was not yet tested. Please confirm it's right.
was too quick with the send button. the batch below is probably better
---
strncpy does not append '\0' if the length of the source string equals
the size parameter, strlcpy does.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <redacted>
Acked-by: Kou Ishizaki <redacted>

I tested Roel's 2nd patch and it works good on Celleb.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
index f27ae1e..cbe09d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
@@ -81,8 +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));
-	celleb_machine_type[sizeof(celleb_machine_type)-1] = 0;
+	strlcpy(celleb_machine_type, ptr, sizeof(celleb_machine_type));
 	return 0;
 }
 
_______________________________________________
Linuxppc-dev mailing list
Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help