linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] zram: Rework copy of compressor name in comp_algorithm

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Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 10:11:13 +0900
From:   Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] zram: Rework copy of compressor name in
 comp_algorithm_store()

On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 09:33:50AM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> comp_algorithm_store() passes the size of the source buffer to strlcpy()
> instead of the destination buffer size. Make it explicit that the two
> buffers have the same size and use strcpy() instead of strlcpy().
> The latter can be done safely since the function ensures that the string
> in the source buffer is terminated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Thanks.