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SubjectRe: [BK PATCH] One strdup() to rule them all
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 01:05:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 12:25:32PM -0400, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 07:14:35PM +0300, Dan Aloni wrote:
> > > diff -Nru a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
> > > --- a/lib/string.c Mon Aug 25 19:03:26 2003
> > > +++ b/lib/string.c Mon Aug 25 19:03:26 2003
> > > @@ -582,3 +582,19 @@
> > > }
> > >
> > > #endif
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * strdup - Allocate a copy of a string.
> > > + * @s: The string to copy. Must not be NULL.
> > > + *
> > > + * returns the address of the allocation, or NULL on
> > > + * error.
> > > + */
> > > +char *strdup(const char *s)
> > > +{
> > > + char *rv = kmalloc(strlen(s)+1, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > + if (rv)
> > > + strcpy(rv, s);
> > > + return rv;
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(strdup);
> >
> > Better save strlen(s)+1 in a local size_t variable and use memcpy instead
> > of strcpy.
>
> Yep. When Rusty did his strdup cleanup, he followed my suggestion and
> did just that.
>
> Unfortunately Linus doesn't like the strdup cleanup, so I don't see this
> patch going in either :)

Perhaps Linus would like to keep strdup()'s scattered across the kernel,
so their combined power would not be exploited by evil <insert silly LotR
humor here>. :) I'll end this thread here.

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Dan Aloni
da-x@gmx.net
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