[PATCH] powerpc: Add of_register_i2c_devices()

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Aug 1 08:55:37 EST 2007


>>> +		strncpy(info->driver_name, i2c_devices[i].i2c_driver,
>>> KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
>>> +		strncpy(info->type, i2c_devices[i].i2c_type, I2C_NAME_SIZE);
>>
>> Why not just strcpy(), btw?
>
> Because target strings are finite length, and sources are just 
> pointers to
> some constant strings, which one might make arbitrarily long.

So it's no problem if the name or type string gets cut short?
Just checking :-)


Segher




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