Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Subject | Re: a few strncpy-related patches | | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:18:42 -0700 |
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Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
> I've seen a few too many cases of strncpy misuse. > Looking through linux sources, I spotted/fixed these: > > [PATCH] ACPI: remove unwarranted use of strncpy > [PATCH] fs/9p: avoid debug OOPS when reading a long symlink > [PATCH] kmemleak: avoid buffer overrun: NUL-terminate strncpy-copied > [PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name > [PATCH] cifs: remove misleading strncpy: each name has length < 16
Better to convert tham all to strlcpy?
The kernel has it.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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