Subject: + lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments.patch added to -mm tree
To: dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:47:02 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: lib/string.c: use the name "C-string" in comments
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments.patch
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/string.c: use the name "C-string" in comments
For strncpy() and friends the source string may or may not have an actual
NUL character at the end. The documentation is confusing in this because
it specifically mentions that you are passing a "NUL-terminated" string.
Wikipedia says that "C-string" is an alternative name we can use instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null-terminated_string
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/string.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN lib/string.c~lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments lib/string.c
--- a/lib/string.c~lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments
+++ a/lib/string.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcpy);
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
/**
- * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string
+ * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, C-string
* @dest: Where to copy the string to
* @src: Where to copy the string from
* @count: The maximum number of bytes to copy
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
/**
- * strlcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string into a sized buffer
+ * strlcpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
* @dest: Where to copy the string to
* @src: Where to copy the string from
* @size: size of destination buffer
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT
/**
- * strncat - Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * strncat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
* @dest: The string to be appended to
* @src: The string to append to it
* @count: The maximum numbers of bytes to copy
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncat);
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCAT
/**
- * strlcat - Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * strlcat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
* @dest: The string to be appended to
* @src: The string to append to it
* @count: The size of the destination buffer.
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-stringc-use-the-name-c-string-in-comments.patch
lib-stringc-strlcpy-might-read-too-far.patch
linux-next.patch
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