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fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames
authorPaul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:59:56 +0000 (23:59 -0500)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:22:20 +0000 (00:22 -0500)
commit08518549722f0c992a9e4be71a0777f37147e9d2
tree80ac5b25e4b113fb80125c01e26e846f5fde4b98tree | snapshot
parentfa14a0b8d2bca1d2226afaa04bdf80200d8e9b03commit | diff
fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames

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@roeck-us.net
CC: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
CC: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/namei.c diff | blob | history
ep93xx device tree rework repo: git://git.maquefel.me/linux.git