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

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Mar 7 17:05:05 EST 2013


On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 12:34 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>   oh, this patch has integrated into next-20130307 tree.
>     (commit 9276dfd27897a0b29d8b5814f39a1f82f56b6b6b)
>   it seems we need a regression for this commit, then I send patch v2
> 
>   is it correct ?

Just send a fixup patch on top of the existing upstream.

Ben.

>   :-)
> 
> 
> 于 2013年03月07日 12:10, Chen Gang 写道:
> > 于 2013年03月05日 17:36, Jiri Slaby 写道:
> >> On 03/05/2013 02:58 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> >>>> 于 2013年02月28日 21:47, Jiri Slaby 写道:
> >>>>>>>>>>   when strlen(&pi->location_code[0]) == HVCS_CLC_LENGTH + 2
> >>>>>> It cannot, pi->location_code is defined as char[HVCS_CLC_LENGTH + 1].
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   really, it is, I did not notice it.
> >>>>
> >>>>   but I still prefer to modify it, but the patch should be changed
> >>>>   such as:
> >>>>     subject: beautify code: deleting useless judging code.
> >>>>     comments: src buf len and dest buf len are the same, strcpy is better.
> >>>>     contents: using strcpy instead of strncpy, and delete judging code.
> >>>>
> >>>>   is it ok ?
> >> Yeah.
> >>
> > 
> >   I will send patch v2.
> > 
> > 
> >>>> BTW:
> >>>>   sorry for my reply is too late, and did not notify it, originally before.
> >>>>     I have to do some urgent things, during these days.
> >>>>       my father had a serious heart disease, and is in hospital.
> >> No problem, these drivers are not so critical. Neither these code paths
> >> in them. Take care of your relatives first.
> > 
> >   thanks.
> > 
> 
> 




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