There's no reason for temparea to be static, since it's only used for temporary sprintf output. It's not immediately obvious that the output will always fit (in the worst case, the output including '\0' is exactly 32 bytes), so save a future reader from worrying about that.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]> --- drivers/block/floppy.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c index 331363e7de0f..9e251201dd48 100644 --- a/drivers/block/floppy.c +++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c @@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@ static void __init config_types(void) unsigned int type = UDP->cmos; struct floppy_drive_params *params; const char *name = NULL; - static char temparea[32]; + char temparea[32]; if (type < ARRAY_SIZE(default_drive_params)) { params = &default_drive_params[type].params; @@ -3596,7 +3596,8 @@ static void __init config_types(void) allowed_drive_mask &= ~(1 << drive); } else { params = &default_drive_params[0].params; - sprintf(temparea, "unknown type %d (usb?)", type); + snprintf(temparea, sizeof(temparea), + "unknown type %d (usb?)", type); name = temparea; } if (name) { -- 2.6.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
