On 2012-12-03 4:18 PM, Frank Meerkötter wrote:
> On 03/12/12 13:56, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> On 2012-12-03 1:42 PM, Frank Meerkötter wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i noticed that strncpy wasn't used correctly here.
>>> Please review/apply.
>>>
>>> Patch follows:
>>>
>>> From the man page:
>>>   [...]
>>>     The strncpy() function is similar, except that at most n
>>>     bytes of src are copied.  Warning: If there is no null byte
>>>     among the first  n  bytes  of src, the string placed in dest
>>>     will not be null-terminated.
>>>   [...]
>> As far as I know, this is not a problem for these ioctls. The kernel
>> should handle this corner case properly.
> 
> I agree that it is not a real problem but i would argue that the patch
> still has value. By using the canonical form of strncpy() its easy for
> everyone reading the source to verify that its correct without inspecting
> other layers. It is also giving a bad example which might get "reused" at
> other places where it would matter.
OK. Please resend using git-send-email so I can apply it.

- Felix
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