[PATCH] arch: mips: kernel: using strlcpy() instead of strncpy()

From: Chen Gang
Date: Sun May 26 2013 - 04:07:23 EST



For NUL terminated string, need always be sure of ended by zero.

Or the next pr_info() will cause issue.


Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/prom.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
index 5712bb5..7e95404 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ __init void mips_set_machine_name(const char *name)
if (name == NULL)
return;

- strncpy(mips_machine_name, name, sizeof(mips_machine_name));
+ strlcpy(mips_machine_name, name, sizeof(mips_machine_name));
pr_info("MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_get_machine_name());
}

--
1.7.7.6
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