linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] unix: escape all null bytes in abstract unix domain socket

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Date:   Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:15:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     iboukris@...il.com
Cc:     stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] unix: escape all null bytes in abstract unix domain
 socket

From: Isaac Boukris <iboukris@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  1 Nov 2016 02:41:35 +0200

> Abstract unix domain socket may embed null characters,
> these should be translated to '@' when printed out to
> proc the same way the null prefix is currently being
> translated.
> 
> This helps for tools such as netstat, lsof and the proc
> based implementation in ss to show all the significant
> bytes of the name (instead of getting cut at the first
> null occurrence).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Isaac Boukris <iboukris@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.