linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch: tile: kernel: setup.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate in conjunction with strncpy

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Message-ID: <53E13AC7.1030406@tilera.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:12:55 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@...il.com>
CC:	Daniel Walter <dwalter@...gle.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: tile: kernel: setup.c:  Cleaning up missing null-terminate
 in conjunction with strncpy

On 7/26/2014 10:04 AM, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> ---
>   arch/tile/kernel/setup.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
> index 112abab..1af7d19 100644
> --- a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static int __init setup_initramfs_file(char *str)
>   {
>   	if (str == NULL)
>   		return -EINVAL;
> -	strncpy(initramfs_file, str, sizeof(initramfs_file) - 1);
> +	strlcpy(initramfs_file, str, sizeof(initramfs_file));
>   	set_initramfs_file = 1;
>   
>   	return 0;

I'm inclined not to take this change, because it's not necessary.
The initramfs_file[] is already zero-filled by being in the BSS, and
this is a pretty obscure boot option, so it seems a bit more
maintainable to use a somewhat more standard string API call.

-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com

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