With `sizeof(string) - 1` strncpy() will null terminate the string. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> --- To test this: #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> char a[10]; char b[10]; int main() { const char* str = "0123456789012"; strncpy(a, str, sizeof(a)); strncpy(b, str, sizeof(b) - 1); printf("String a was %s, b was %s\n", a, b); return 0; } diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c index fdd8327..bede75d 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ omap_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) i2c_set_adapdata(adap, dev); adap->owner = THIS_MODULE; adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON; - strncpy(adap->name, "OMAP I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name)); + strncpy(adap->name, "OMAP I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name) - 1); adap->algo = &omap_i2c_algo; adap->dev.parent = &pdev->dev; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html