linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: string.c: Added a funktion function strzcpy

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:58:58 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: string.c: Added a funktion function strzcpy

> I can show a large amount of patches that show that many people do not
> seem aware that strncpy does not guarantee a terminating null character.
> Add to that all the code I've seen like this:

Yes that's understood.

The question was: where do we rely on the padding semantics of strncpy?

-Andi
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