linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] mm: Fix off-by-one bug in print_nodes

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Date:	Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:53:13 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
cc:	Ryota Ozaki <ozaki.ryota@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] mm: Fix off-by-one bug in print_nodes_state

On Sun, 18 Dec 2011, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:

> Usually, /sys files don't output trailing '¥0'. And, '¥0' is not regular
> io friendly. So I can imagine some careless programmer think it is garbage. Is
> there any benefit to show trailing '¥0'?
> 

Nope, it could be removed since the buffer is allocated with 
get_zeroed_page().