strlen() does _not_ include the terminating \0. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/perf_counter.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ static void perf_counter_comm_event(stru unsigned int size; char *comm = comm_event->task->comm; - size = ALIGN(strlen(comm), sizeof(u64)); + size = ALIGN(strlen(comm)+1, sizeof(u64)); comm_event->comm = comm; comm_event->comm_size = size; @@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ static void perf_counter_mmap_event(stru } got_name: - size = ALIGN(strlen(name), sizeof(u64)); + size = ALIGN(strlen(name)+1, sizeof(u64)); mmap_event->file_name = name; mmap_event->file_size = size; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/