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Re: [patch] prism54: call BUG_ON() earlier

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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This test is off by one because strlen() doesn't include the NULL
> terminator.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
> index 8d1190c..1051268 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c
> @@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ send_simple_event(islpci_private *priv, const char *str)
>        memptr = kmalloc(IW_CUSTOM_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
>        if (!memptr)
>                return;
> -       BUG_ON(n > IW_CUSTOM_MAX);
> +       BUG_ON(n >= IW_CUSTOM_MAX);
>        wrqu.data.pointer = memptr;
>        wrqu.data.length = n;
>        strcpy(memptr, str);
>

send_simple_event() never passes a NULL terminated string though. What
does this fix today? If nothing then better leave as-is.

  Luis
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