On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 01:23:20AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > kernfs path formatting functions always return the length of full path > but the content of the output buffer is undefined when the length is > longer than the provided buffer. Most cgroup path formatting > functions return the start of the output or NULL on errors including > overflow. These inconsistent and rather peculiar behaviors developed > over time and make these functions unnecessarily difficult to use. > This patchset updates the formatting functions so that they all behave > in the style of strlcpy(). > > Greg, these changes are used by cgroup tracepoint additions and > shouldn't affect other users much. Would it be okay to route these > through the cgroup tree? > > 0001-kernfs-add-dummy-implementation-of-kernfs_path_from_.patch > 0002-kernfs-make-kernfs_path-behave-in-the-style-of-strlc.patch > 0003-kernfs-remove-kernfs_path_len.patch > 0004-cgroup-make-cgroup_path-and-friends-behave-in-the-st.patch > > The patches are also available in the following git branch. > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git review-kernfs_path-strlcpy > > diffstat follows. Thanks. It's fine with me if you take these yourself: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cgroups" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
