linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] test: firmware_class: use kstrndup() where appropriate

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:55:13 -0700
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] test: firmware_class: use kstrndup() where
 appropriate

On 12/09/2015 03:50 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
> We're essentially just doing an open-coded kstrndup(). The only
> differences are with what happens after the first '\0' character, but
> request_firmware() doesn't care about that.
> 
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
> ---

Thanks for fixing it. Applied to linux-kselftest next for 4.5-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah

-- 
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978