Re: [ACPI] [PATCH] Toshiba ACPI Extras 0.16

[John B. <jv...@pr...>]

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> seems to me you'd be better off doing ...
> 
> 	len = strlen(str);
> 	if (len > n)
> 		len = n;
> 	memcpy(str2, str, n);
> 	str2[n] = '\0';
> 
> i wrote a short note entitled "strncpy Considered Harmful" a few years ago.
> unfortunately, it seems lost in time.

Since you have that experience then I would expect you to consider 
whether str is zero-terminated before suggesting that I change my code.



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