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

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Date:   Sat, 9 Nov 2019 08:28:01 +0100
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
To:     Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 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

Em Wed, 6 Nov 2019 09:33:11 +0000
Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com> escreveu:

> 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.
> 
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/edac_mc.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> index f2cbca77bc50..8bfe76d1bdf1 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> @@ -1183,7 +1183,6 @@ void edac_mc_handle_error(const enum hw_event_mc_err_type type,
>  			}
>  			strcpy(p, dimm->label);
>  			p += strlen(p);
> -			*p = '\0';
>  
>  			/*
>  			 * get csrow/channel of the DIMM, in order to allow




Cheers,
Mauro