On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:10:37 -0700 Sebastian Capella <[email protected]> wrote:
> Enhance name_to_dev_t to handle trailing newline characters > on device paths. Some inputs to name_to_dev_t may come from > userspace where oftentimes a '\n' is appended to the path. > Added const to the name buffer in both the function > declaration and the prototype to reflect input buffer > handling. > > By handling trailing newlines in name_to_dev_t, userspace > buffers may be directly passed to name_to_dev_t without > modification. We have lib/string.c:strim() - perhaps this patch would be neater if it were to use it? -- 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/
