Re: [PATCH 15/24] misc: fix problems with strncat

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 03:54:07PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The third argument to strncat is the maximum number of characters to
> copy out of the second argument; it is not the maximum length of the
> first argument.
> 
> Therefore, code in a check just in case we ever find a /sys/block/X
> path long enough to hit the end of the buffer.  FWIW the longest path
> I could find on my machine was 133 bytes.
> 
> Fixes-Coverity-Bug: 1252003
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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