linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm-init: fix 2 incorrect use of kstrndup()

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 23:24:43 +0800
From:   Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:     agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...hat.com, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm-init: fix 2 incorrect use of kstrndup()

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:23:53AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 5/28/19 6:33 PM, Gen Zhang wrote:
> > In drivers/md/dm-init.c, kstrndup() is incorrectly used twice.
> > 
> > It should be: char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp);
> 
> Should the following be added to this patch?
> 
> Fixes: 6bbc923dfcf5 ("dm: add support to directly boot to a mapped
> device") # v5.1.
> Cc: stable
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.
Personally, I am not quite sure about this question, because I am not 
the maintainer of this part.

Thanks
Gen