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SubjectRE: Resend [PATCH] Make KOBJ_NAME_LEN match BUS_ID_SIZE
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Hi Matt.

>> How about just adding a sane
>>
>> int copy_string(char *dest, const char *src, int len)
>> {
>> int size;
>>
>> if (!len)
>> return 0;
>> size = strlen(src);
>> if (size >= len)
>> size = len-1;
>> memcpy(dest, src, size);
>> dest[size] = '\0';
>> return size;
>> }

> The return value here isn't particularly useful. The OpenBSD
> strlcpy/strlcat variant tell you how big the result should have been
> so that you can realloc if need be.

Something along the lines of...

int strlcpy(char *tgt, char *src, int len)
{
int size = strlen(src);

if (size < len)
strcpy(tgt, src);
else {
memcpy(tgt, src, len-1);
tgt[len] = '\0';
}
return size;
}

...reindented according to standards (which I don't have to hand).

Best wishes from Riley.
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