linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs.txt: mention that store method buffers are null-terminated

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Message-ID: <20150912141918.6d8e4ee5@lwn.net>
Date:	Sat, 12 Sep 2015 14:19:18 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	ulfalizer.lkml@...il.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, shane.seymour@...com,
	ulfalizer@...il.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs.txt: mention that store method buffers are
 null-terminated

On Mon,  7 Sep 2015 19:06:14 +0200
ulfalizer.lkml@...il.com wrote:

> Without knowing this, the use of sysfs_streq() becomes puzzling.
> 
> The termination happens in kernfs_fop_write().

Applied to the docs tree.  I moved it up a paragraph, though, since it
better fits the flow of the document there.

Thanks,

jon
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