linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/4] e2fsck: use size_t instead of int in string

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Date:   Thu, 1 Oct 2020 16:43:28 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] e2fsck: use size_t instead of int in string_copy()

On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 10:14:40AM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> len argument in string_copy() is int, but it is used with malloc(),
> strlen(), strncpy() and some callers use sizeof() to pass value in. So
> it really ought to be size_t rather than int. Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted