Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] lib/string: Add strscpy_pad() function

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Feb 25 2019 - 03:20:04 EST


On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 6:17 AM Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We have a function to copy strings safely and we have a function to copy
> strings and zero the tail of the destination (if source string is
> shorter than destination buffer) but we do not have a function to do
> both at once. This means developers must write this themselves if they
> desire this functionality. This is a chore, and also leaves us open to
> off by one errors unnecessarily.
>
> Add a function that calls strscpy() then memset()s the tail to zero if
> the source string is shorter than the destination buffer.
>
> Add test module for the new code.

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/test_strscpy.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,175 @@

> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

License mismatch.

Do we need a separate module for this test?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko