On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 11:40 +0800, WANG Cong wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:47:56AM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: [....] > >While we're talking of null-termination of strings, then I bet you > >generally want to be using strlcpy(), really. Often strncpy() isn't > >what you want. Of course, if that buffer isn't a string at all, then > >you should be using memfoo() functions and not strbar() ones in the > >first place ... > > Afaik, strlcpy() and strlcat() are NOT standard C library functions.
Yes, because they are not old enough as they are results of lessons learned with strncpy() and strcpy() and other buffer overflows. > But, I know, they are available in Linux kernel. ;) And yes, they > are better than strn{cpy,cat}(). Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - 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/