linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext2: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:25:03 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	"Matthew Wilcox" <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Boaz Harrosh" <bharrosh@...asas.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext2: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated

2008/12/11 Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:16:28PM +0000, Duane Griffin wrote:
>> Ensure link targets are NULL-terminated, even if corrupted on-disk.
>
> FWIW, that's spelled 'NUL' -- NULL is a pointer value, NUL is an ASCII
> code.

Good point, thanks. I'll try to remember for the future!

Cheers,
Duane.

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