From: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com> Without knowing this, the use of sysfs_streq() becomes puzzling.
The termination happens in kernfs_fop_write(). Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com> --- Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt index 9494afb..575e997 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt @@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ implementations: entire file, modify the values it wishes to change, then write the entire buffer back. + A terminating null is added after the data on stores. This makes + functions like sysfs_streq() safe to use. + Attribute method implementations should operate on an identical buffer when reading and writing values. -- 2.1.4 -- 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/
