[PATCH] powerpc/cell: strncpy does not null terminate string

Roel Kluin roel.kluin at gmail.com
Sat Jul 18 00:27:53 EST 2009


strlcpy() will always null terminate the string.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com>
---
Please use this one instead

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_setup.c
index 07c234f..1896cd8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_setup.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void celleb_show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m)
 
 static int __init celleb_machine_type_hack(char *ptr)
 {
-	strncpy(celleb_machine_type, ptr, sizeof(celleb_machine_type));
+	strlcpy(celleb_machine_type, ptr, sizeof(celleb_machine_type));
 	celleb_machine_type[sizeof(celleb_machine_type)-1] = 0;
 	return 0;
 }


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