linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP messages in the driver

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Message-ID: <20120311184916.GD3337@mwanda>
Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:49:16 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP
 messages in the driver

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 04:56:06PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> > Probably that's not enough to make a difference and we'd need to
> > introduce a new function.
> > 
> > Btw I don't know if utf16s_to_utf8s() counts the NUL char or not.
> > It feels like maybe we could end up with ->value_size equal to
> > HV_KVP_EXCHANGE_MAX_VALUE_SIZE + 1.
> 
> The MAX value is set to accommodate the maximum string that will ever
> be handled including the string terminator. The function utf16s_to_utf8s()
> returns the converted string length but the returned length does not 
> include the string terminator (like strlen), hence the "+1".
>

sprintf() and friends copy the NUL terminator but utf16s_to_utf8s()
doesn't so the code isn't right and it does seem like maybe we could
end up with a ->value_size equal to HV_KVP_EXCHANGE_MAX_VALUE_SIZE +
1.

regards,
dan carpenter

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