Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames
On 01/22/2015 07:53 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
On 15/01/21, Paul Moore wrote:
> In preparation for expanded use in the kernel, make getname_kernel()
> more useful by allowing it to handle any legal filename length.
>
> Thanks to Guenter Roeck for his suggestion to substitute memcpy() for
> strlcpy().
>
> CC: linux(a)roeck-us.net
> CC: viro(a)zeniv.linux.org.uk
> CC: linux-fsdevel(a)vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore(a)redhat.com>
Noted memcpy() difference (I assume to avoid races).
It is more efficient to use memcpy if the string length is known.
Guenter