Re: Resend [PATCH] Make KOBJ_NAME_LEN match BUS_ID_SIZE

Adam Sampson (azz@us-lot.org)
25 May 2003 13:03:06 +0100


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> How about just adding a sane
> int copy_string(char *dest, const char *src, int len)
[...]

If you're going to do this, it might make sense to call it "strlcpy"
for consistency with the OpenBSD-introduced function of the same name
that's getting included in a lot of userspace these days...

<http://www.courtesan.com/todd/papers/strlcpy.html>

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Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org>                   <http://azz.us-lot.org/>
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