linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: sym_expand_string_value: allow for string termination when reallocing

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Date:	Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:23:15 +0100
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: sym_expand_string_value: allow for string
 termination when reallocing

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 09:01:44PM +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> When expanding a parameterised string we may run out of space, this
> triggers a realloc.  When computing the new allocation size we do not allow
> for the terminating '\0'.  Allow for this when calculating the new length.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/symbol.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Applied to kbuild-2.6.git#rc-fixes, thanks.

Michal
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