For NUL terminated string, need always be sure of ended by zero. Or the next pr_info() will cause issue. Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/prom.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c index 5712bb5..7e95404 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ __init void mips_set_machine_name(const char *name) if (name == NULL) return; - strncpy(mips_machine_name, name, sizeof(mips_machine_name)); + strlcpy(mips_machine_name, name, sizeof(mips_machine_name)); pr_info("MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_get_machine_name()); } -- 1.7.7.6