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* [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.8: clean up fs_exec.c
@ 2002-04-22  3:47 Rusty Russell
  2002-04-23  0:06 ` Paul Mackerras
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rusty Russell @ 2002-04-22  3:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel

Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>: trivial kernel patch -- clean up fs_exec.c:

(Included in 2.4)
--- trivial-2.5.8/fs/exec.c.orig	Mon Apr 22 13:42:32 2002
+++ trivial-2.5.8/fs/exec.c	Mon Apr 22 13:42:32 2002
@@ -978,8 +978,7 @@
 	if (current->rlim[RLIMIT_CORE].rlim_cur < binfmt->min_coredump)
 		goto fail;
 
-	memcpy(corename,"core.", 5);
-	corename[4] = '\0';
+	memcpy(corename,"core", 5); /* include trailing \0 */
  	if (core_uses_pid || atomic_read(&current->mm->mm_users) != 1)
  		sprintf(&corename[4], ".%d", current->pid);
 	file = filp_open(corename, O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW, 0600);

--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

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* Re: [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.8: clean up fs_exec.c
  2002-04-22  3:47 [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.8: clean up fs_exec.c Rusty Russell
@ 2002-04-23  0:06 ` Paul Mackerras
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Paul Mackerras @ 2002-04-23  0:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rusty Russell; +Cc: linux-kernel

Rusty Russell writes:

> -	memcpy(corename,"core.", 5);
> -	corename[4] = '\0';
> +	memcpy(corename,"core", 5); /* include trailing \0 */

What's wrong with strcpy?  gcc3 will even turn it into a memcpy for
you. :)

Paul.

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