Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames

[Guenter Roeck]

On 01/22/2015 07:53 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 15/01/21, Paul Moore wrote:
> > In preparation for expanded use in the kernel, make getname_kernel()
> > more useful by allowing it to handle any legal filename length.
> >
> > Thanks to Guenter Roeck for his suggestion to substitute memcpy() for
> > strlcpy().
> >
> > CC: linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Noted memcpy() difference (I assume to avoid races).

It is more efficient to use memcpy if the string length is known.

Guenter

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