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authorRickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>2014-09-14 18:02:12 +0200
committerHelge Deller <deller@gmx.de>2014-09-21 21:07:48 +0200
commit94c457deff2a211f8372f69a4d7b0d288183756a (patch)
tree3c697069758c133e549a76f899ebfc6fd89cb5e2 /drivers/parisc
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parisc: pdc_stable.c: Cleaning up unnecessary use of memset in conjunction with strncpy
Using memset before strncpy just to ensure a trailing null character is an unnecessary double writing of a string Patch modified by Helge Deller to additionally reduce stack usage. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/parisc')
-rw-r--r--drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
index 0f54ab6260df..e4b73c2a053a 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static ssize_t pdcs_auto_write(struct kobject *kobj,
{
struct pdcspath_entry *pathentry;
unsigned char flags;
- char in[count+1], *temp;
+ char in[8], *temp;
char c;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -765,8 +765,9 @@ static ssize_t pdcs_auto_write(struct kobject *kobj,
return -EINVAL;
/* We'll use a local copy of buf */
- memset(in, 0, count+1);
+ count = min_t(size_t, count, 7);
strncpy(in, buf, count);
+ in[count] = '\0';
/* Current flags are stored in primary boot path entry */
pathentry = &pdcspath_entry_primary;