linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] string: make kmemdup_nul take and return void*, not char*

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:15:37 +0200
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] string: make kmemdup_nul take and return void*, not char*

On 7 September 2018 at 09:46, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:
> This allows kmemdup_nul to be used in cases where the source pointer is
> not a char* or const char*, but the result should nevertheless have a
> nul char after the memcpy'ed data.

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