On 09/15/2014 10:28 AM, David Laight wrote: > From: Rickard Strandqvist > ... >> Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate. > ... >> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c >> b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c >> index 644e6ab..d4fe8ac 100644 >> --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c >> +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c >> @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void peak_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface >> *intf) >> char name[IFNAMSIZ]; >> >> dev->state &= ~PCAN_USB_STATE_CONNECTED; >> - strncpy(name, netdev->name, IFNAMSIZ); >> + strlcpy(name, netdev->name, IFNAMSIZ); >> >> unregister_netdev(netdev); >> free_candev(netdev); > > Or: > char name[sizeof netdev->name]; > memcpy(name, netdev->name, sizeof netdev->name);
I would be "sizeof(foo)" in kernel coding style, but let's have a look
at the original code:
struct net_device *netdev = dev->netdev;
char name[IFNAMSIZ];
dev->state &= ~PCAN_USB_STATE_CONNECTED;
strncpy(name, netdev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
unregister_netdev(netdev);
free_candev(netdev);
kfree(dev->cmd_buf);
dev->next_siblings = NULL;
if (dev->adapter->dev_free)
dev->adapter->dev_free(dev);
dev_info(&intf->dev, "%s removed\n", name);
I think it's save to use:
dev_info(&intf->dev, "%s removed\n", netdev_name(dev->netdev));
instead of doing the str?cpy() in the first place. But why not use:
netdev_info(dev->netdev, "removed\n");
Is the USB device information lost when using netdev_info()?
Marc
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