linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/20] EDAC, mc: Remove needless zero string termination

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Message-ID: <20191109101146.GB2699@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sat, 9 Nov 2019 11:11:46 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/20] EDAC, mc: Remove needless zero string
 termination

On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 09:33:11AM +0000, Robert Richter wrote:
> Since this is a string already and strlen() has been used to advance
> the pointer, the end of the buffer is already zero terminated. Remove
> the needless zero string termination.

Changed that to:

"The e string to which this is pointing to has already been cleared
earlier in the function so remove the needless zero string termination."

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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