Re: [PATCH] kernel: debug: kdb: strncpy issue, using strlcpy insteadof strncpy

From: Chen Gang
Date: Wed Apr 17 2013 - 05:44:13 EST


Hello maintainers:

please help check this patch, when you have time, thanks.

On 2013å04æ07æ 19:20, Chen Gang wrote:
>
> kdb_prompt_str is NUL terminated string, need always set '\0' at the end.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
> index 14ff484..932b436 100644
> --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
> +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ poll_again:
> char *kdb_getstr(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, char *prompt)
> {
> if (prompt && kdb_prompt_str != prompt)
> - strncpy(kdb_prompt_str, prompt, CMD_BUFLEN);
> + strlcpy(kdb_prompt_str, prompt, CMD_BUFLEN);
> kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
> kdb_nextline = 1; /* Prompt and input resets line number */
> return kdb_read(buffer, bufsize);
>


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Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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