Re: [PATCH] 2.6.19-rc2-mm2 sysfs: sysfs_write_file() writes zero terminated data

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Oct 22 2006 - 14:39:50 EST


On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 07:17:47PM +0200, Thomas Maier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> since most of the files in sysfs are text files,
> it would be nice, if the "store" function called
> during sysfs_write_file() gets a zero terminated
> string / data.
> The current implementation seems not to ensure this.
> (But only if it is the first time the zeroed buffer
> page is allocated.)

Have you seen sysfs buffers being passed to the store() function in a
non-null terminated manner? How?

Are you seeking backward and then writing again to the file somehow?

thanks,

greg k-h
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/