Re: [PATCH 2.6.22-rc6-mm1] kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'

Tejun Heo wrote: KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting

[PATCH 2.6.22-rc6-mm1] kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'

KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting the stack because

[PATCH 2.6.22-rc6-mm1] kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'

KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting the stack because

Re: [PATCH 2.6.22-rc6-mm1] kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'

Tejun Heo wrote: KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting