On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 08:15:55PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote: > The buf is used to hold the list of hwrng devices registered. > The old code ensures we don't walk off the end of buf as we > fill it, but it's unnecessarily complicated and thus difficult > to maintain. Simplify it by using strlcat.
> We also ensure the string within buf is NULL terminated > so the final strlen is ok. This text is no longer necessary. > > Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <[email protected]> Please add my: Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper <[email protected]> to the next version of this patch. It makes the maintainers job a *lot* easier not having to sift through old threads collecting up all the tags. thx, Jason. > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 11 ++++------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > index aa30a25..25599ea 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device > *dev, > char *buf) > { > int err; > - ssize_t ret = 0; > + ssize_t ret; > struct hwrng *rng; > > err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex); > @@ -289,13 +289,10 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device > *dev, > return -ERESTARTSYS; > buf[0] = '\0'; > list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) { > - strncat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > - ret += strlen(rng->name); > - strncat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > - ret++; > + strlcat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE); > + strlcat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE); > } > - strncat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > - ret++; > + ret = strlcat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE); > mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex); > > return ret; > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
