On Sun 2014-07-27 16:03:44, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 07/27/14 07:40, Rickard Strandqvist wrote: > > Added a guaranteed null-terminate after call to strncpy. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Documentation/laptops/freefall.c | 6 ++++-- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c > > index aab2ff0..113d004 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c > > +++ b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c > > @@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ static int set_unload_heads_path(char *device) > > > > if (strlen(device) <= 5 || strncmp(device, "/dev/", 5) != 0) > > return -EINVAL; > > - strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname) - 1); > > - strncpy(device_path, device, sizeof(device_path) - 1); > > Maybe I am overlooking something here, but what was wrong with > the - 1 (2 times) above? and then just add the 2 lines below that set the > last byte to '\0'? Actually device_path is static, so it will be zero-initialized and explicit set is not neccessary AFAICT. (devname is auto -> needs explicit set). Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html