Re: [PATCH] of: fix of_property_read_string

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 5:11 AM, Shengzhou Liu
<Shengzhou.Liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In of_property_read_string function, strnlen(prop->value, prop->length)
> is always less or equal to prop->length, and we should allow the '=='
> condition, so let's remove the original unreasonable condition.

I believe we don't want to allow equal because prop->length should
include the \0 termination while strnlen will not.

Rob

> Signed-off-by: Shengzhou Liu <Shengzhou.Liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index adb8764..742ff97 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -1335,8 +1335,6 @@ int of_property_read_string(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
>                 return -EINVAL;
>         if (!prop->value)
>                 return -ENODATA;
> -       if (strnlen(prop->value, prop->length) >= prop->length)
> -               return -EILSEQ;
>         *out_string = prop->value;
>         return 0;
>  }
> --
> 2.1.0.27.g96db324
>
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