netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: use scnprintf() to avoid potential buffer overflow

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:12:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiaosuo@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: use scnprintf() to avoid potential buffer overflow

From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:32:58 +0800

> strlcpy() returns the total length of the string they tried to create, so
> we should not use its return value without any check. scnprintf() returns
> the number of characters written into @buf not including the trailing '\0',
> so use it instead here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>

Applied.
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