[PATCH] drivers/tty/hvc: using strlcpy instead of strncpy

[Jiri Slaby]

On 02/26/2013 04:43 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
>   when strlen pi->location_code is larger than HVCS_CLC_LENGTH + 1,
>     original implementation can not let hvcsd->p_location_code NUL terminated.
>   so need fix it (also can simplify the code)

It should never be larger because the +1 is exactly for NUL. But it is a
cleanup, so why not...

> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen at asianux.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c |    9 ++-------
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
> index 1956593..81e939e 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
> @@ -881,17 +881,12 @@ static struct vio_driver hvcs_vio_driver = {
>  /* Only called from hvcs_get_pi please */
>  static void hvcs_set_pi(struct hvcs_partner_info *pi, struct hvcs_struct *hvcsd)
>  {
> -	int clclength;
> -
>  	hvcsd->p_unit_address = pi->unit_address;
>  	hvcsd->p_partition_ID  = pi->partition_ID;
> -	clclength = strlen(&pi->location_code[0]);
> -	if (clclength > HVCS_CLC_LENGTH)
> -		clclength = HVCS_CLC_LENGTH;
>  
>  	/* copy the null-term char too */
> -	strncpy(&hvcsd->p_location_code[0],
> -			&pi->location_code[0], clclength + 1);
> +	strlcpy(&hvcsd->p_location_code[0],
> +			&pi->location_code[0], sizeof(hvcsd->p_location_code));
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 


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