On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 01:23:29PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > In that case, what would you think of a patch to use strcpy instead? > > - strncpy(object->comm, current->comm, sizeof(object->comm)); > + strcpy(object->comm, current->comm);
Another option would be to use strlcpy(). It's slightly neater than the strncpy() followed by a NUL assignment. > > Is there a preferred method of adding a static_assert-like statement? > I see compile_time_assert and a few similar macros, but I haven't > spotted anything that is used project-wide. BUILD_BUG_ON(). regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/