Re: [PATCH 05/16] dynamic_debug: replace strcpy with strlcpy, inddebug_setup_query()

[Jason Baron]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 08:08:41AM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Replace strcpy with strlcpy, and add define for the size constant.
> >
> > [jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx: Use DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE for overflow check]
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  lib/dynamic_debug.c |    8 +++++---
> >  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > index 8c88b89..6fc8622 100644
> > --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > @@ -525,14 +525,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dynamic_netdev_dbg);
> >
> >  #endif
> >
> > -static __initdata char ddebug_setup_string[1024];
> > +#define DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE 1024
> > +static __initdata char ddebug_setup_string[DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE];
> > +
> >  static __init int ddebug_setup_query(char *str)
> >  {
> > -       if (strlen(str) >= 1024) {
> > +       if (strlen(str) >= DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE) {
> >                pr_warn("ddebug boot param string too large\n");
> >                return 0;
> >        }
> > -       strcpy(ddebug_setup_string, str);
> > +       strlcpy(ddebug_setup_string, str, DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE);
> >        return 1;
> >  }
> 
> Sorry, but it's not clear to me why it make sense to introduce the
> DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE macro instead of using ARRAY_SIZE().
> 
> Bart.

Greg,

The change suggested here by Bart isn't a functional change. If you
think it warrants a re-post, let me know, but I am fine with it as-is.

Thanks,

-Jason
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