Using memset before strncpy just to ensure a trailing null character is an unnecessary double writing of a string Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c index 6b58469..98c7c3a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c @@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ int libcfs_debug_init(unsigned long bufsize) } if (libcfs_debug_file_path != NULL) { - memset(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr, 0, PATH_MAX); strncpy(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr, libcfs_debug_file_path, PATH_MAX-1); + libcfs_debug_file_path_arr[PATH_MAX - 1] = '\0'; } /* If libcfs_debug_mb is set to an invalid value or uninitialized -- 1.7.10.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel