Re: [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string from unterminated data

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To: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string from unterminated data
From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 21:26:57 +0200
Cc: viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <149382748241.30481.12971647975706869540.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (David Howells's message of "Wed, 03 May 2017 17:04:42 +0100")
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On Wed, May 03 2017, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Provide a function, kstrcreate()

<bikeshed>why not kmemdup_nul, since it seems to be to kmemdup exactly as
memdup_user_nul is to memdup_user?</bikeshed> 

Rasmus

References:
- [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context
  - From: David Howells
- [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string from unterminated data
  - From: David Howells

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