linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] char: hw_random: core.c: Changed from using strncat to strlcat

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Message-ID: <20141024145517.GF21055@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:55:17 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	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: Re: [PATCH v5] char: hw_random: core.c:  Changed from using strncat
 to strlcat

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:17:23PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>

Patch applied.  Thanks!
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