We have `buflen` available. We can remove `strncat` and assign the characters directly, without traversing the whole buffer. Fixes a compiler warning: logd_output_JSON.c:407:9: warning: `strncat` specified bound 1 equals source length Correct `buflen` type while we're here. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Sowden <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- output/ulogd_output_JSON.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/output/ulogd_output_JSON.c b/output/ulogd_output_JSON.c index 6af872c64391..f60bd6ea51da 100644 --- a/output/ulogd_output_JSON.c +++ b/output/ulogd_output_JSON.c @@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ static int json_interp(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi) return ULOGD_IRET_ERR; } buf = tmp; - strncat(buf, "\n", 1); - buflen++; + buf[buflen++] = '\n'; + buf[buflen] = '\0'; if (opi->mode == JSON_MODE_FILE) return json_interp_file(upi, buf); -- 2.33.0