Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Walleij <> | Date | Wed, 7 Oct 2020 11:31:33 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: cdev: switch from kstrdup() to kstrndup() |
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On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:03 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use kstrndup() to copy line labels from the userspace provided char > array, rather than ensuring the char array contains a null terminator > and using kstrdup(). > > Note that the length provided to kstrndup() still assumes that the char > array does contain a null terminator, so the maximum string length is one > less than the array. This is consistent with the previous behaviour. > > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
General good practice! Patch applied.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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