The patch titled
fs: fix name overwrite in __register_chrdev_region()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
fs-fix-name-overwrite-in-__register_chrdev_region.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
------------------------------------------------------
Subject: fs: fix name overwrite in __register_chrdev_region()
From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
It's possible to register a chrdev with a name size exactly the same as
was allocated in structure. It seems it was not intended behaviour.
At least chrdev_show does not like it.
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/char_dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/char_dev.c~fs-fix-name-overwrite-in-__register_chrdev_region fs/char_dev.c
--- a/fs/char_dev.c~fs-fix-name-overwrite-in-__register_chrdev_region
+++ a/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int ma
cd->major = major;
cd->baseminor = baseminor;
cd->minorct = minorct;
- strncpy(cd->name,name, 64);
+ strlcpy(cd->name, name, sizeof(cd->name));
i = major_to_index(major);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
memcg-add-inactive_anon_is_low.patch
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
