linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/7] add kstrndup

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Message-ID: <4644D779.30908@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 22:52:09 +0200
From:	René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@...fire.ath.cx>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...driva.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Panagiotis Issaris <takis@...aris.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/7] add kstrndup

> +	len = strlen(s);
> +	if (len > max)
> +		len = max;

You can avoid to run beyond max and save two lines by using strnlen:

	len = strnlen(s, max);

René
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