linux-kernel - [PATCH] char: hw_random: core.c: Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy

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Message-Id: <1413067004-10925-1-git-send-email-rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:36:44 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] char: hw_random: core.c:  Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy

Changed from using strncpy to strlcpy to simplify the code

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |   12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index aa30a25..1500cfd 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev,
 					 char *buf)
 {
 	int err;
-	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	struct hwrng *rng;
 
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex);
@@ -289,16 +288,13 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev,
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 	buf[0] = '\0';
 	list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) {
-		strncat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
-		ret += strlen(rng->name);
-		strncat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
-		ret++;
+		strlcat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE);
+		strlcat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
-	strncat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1);
-	ret++;
+	strlcat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE);
 	mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
 
-	return ret;
+	return strlen(buf);
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_current, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-- 
1.7.10.4

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