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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 06:32:11 -0500
From:   Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:     Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rds: debug: fix null check on static array

On (12/06/17 10:47), Prashant Bhole wrote:
> 
> t_name cannot be NULL since it is an array field of a struct.
> Replacing null check on static array with string length check using
> strnlen()

t_name is always initialized for all rds transports today,  and would
be all zeros unless someone stomped over that memory (in which case
there could be more serious issues than a busted debug string) but
it's good  to be safe and check I suppose.

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

--Sowmini

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