linux-kernel - [PATCH 3v] char: hw_random: core.c: Changed from using strncat to strlcat

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Message-Id: <1413479722-29247-1-git-send-email-rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:15:22 +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 3v] char: hw_random: core.c:  Changed from using strncat to strlcat

The buf is used to hold the list of hwrng devices registered.
The old code ensures we don't walk off the end of buf as we
fill it, but it's unnecessarily complicated and thus difficult
to maintain. Simplify it by using strlcat.
We also ensure the string within buf is NULL terminated
so the final strlen is ok.

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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