Current documentation uses 'overflow' to describe a situation where less data is written to a buffer than buffer size not more. 'overflow' is the wrong word here - since we don't typically say 'underflow' change the whole sentence.
Fix erroneous 'overflow' documentation for under filled buffer. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <[email protected]> --- lib/string.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index 38e4ca08e757..7f1d72db53c5 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy); * * Preferred to strncpy() since it always returns a valid string, and * doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be - * zeroed. If the zeroing is desired, it's likely cleaner to use strscpy() - * with an overflow test, then just memset() the tail of the dest buffer. + * zeroed. If the zeroing is desired, it's likely cleaner to use strscpy(), + * check the return size, then just memset() the tail of the dest buffer. */ ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count) { -- 2.20.1
