Using __get_task_comm() to read the task comm ensures that the name is always NUL-terminated, regardless of the source string. This approach also facilitates future extensions to the task comm. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 578a49ff5c32..ce94a86154a2 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu) max_data->critical_start = data->critical_start; max_data->critical_end = data->critical_end; - strncpy(max_data->comm, tsk->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN); + __get_task_comm(max_data->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN, tsk); max_data->pid = tsk->pid; /* * If tsk == current, then use current_uid(), as that does not use diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 6ece1308d36a..721d4758a79f 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ static inline void save_comm(char *comm, struct task_struct *task) return; } - strncpy(comm, task->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN); + __get_task_comm(comm, TASK_COMM_LEN, task); } static void hist_elt_data_free(struct hist_elt_data *elt_data) -- 2.43.5