Re: [PATCH] arch: parisc: kernel: using strlcpy() instead of strcpy()

[Kyle McMartin]

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 09:18:43AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> 'boot_args' is an input args, and 'boot_command_line' has a fix length.
> 
> So need use strlcpy() instead of strcpy() to avoid memory overflow.
> 

This is basically impossible, since boot_args is fixed in size by palo,
initialized to zero, and length checked in the bootloader. It's also
only 256+4 bytes compared to the 1024 bytes set aside for
boot_command_line.

That said, it's harmless to use strlcpy here, and obviously (more)
correct. Thanks!

Acked-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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