linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IDE-TAPE NULL terminate strings.

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Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:08:27 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Mark de Wever <koraq@...all.nl>
Cc:	Gadi Oxman <gadio@...vision.net.il>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE-TAPE NULL terminate strings.

Hello, I wrote:

>> After updating my kernel to 2.6.26 the output for the ide-tape drive
>> during booting is garbled eg
>> ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate <98>ß8A51|1À<81>Üº<98>ß STT20000A rev 
>> 8A51|1À<81>Üº<98>ß

>> This patch fixes the problem by NULL terminating the strings.

>> Regards,
>> Mark de Wever

>> PS: please CC me since I'm not subscribed.
>> PPS: there are more problems with my tapestreamer in 2.6.26 but I'll
>> post a separate message for that.

>> Signed-off-by: Mark de Wever <koraq@...all.nl>

>> diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
>> index 1bce84b..fd87b43 100644
>> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
>> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
>> @@ -2354,6 +2354,10 @@ static void 
>> idetape_get_inquiry_results(ide_drive_t *drive)
>>      ide_fixstring(product_id, 18, 0);
>>      ide_fixstring(fw_rev, 6, 0);

    Hm, I see that every string variable declared there has 2 extra 
characters, and yet the author have managed to make a mistake... these extra 
chars don't seem needed.

MBR, Sergei
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