[LTP] [PATCH v7 1/3] lib: alter find_free_loopdev()

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Wed Jul 31 14:48:17 CEST 2019


Hi,

> > > -			return 0;
> > > +			if (path != NULL)
> > > +				strncpy(path, buf, path_len);
> > Is it safe to assume that path_len is *always* < 1024 (size of buf)?

> strncpy() is tricky that it may not null-terminate the string if the
> source is too long, I would have just added path[path_len-1] = 0 after
> the strncpy() here.
I was thinking about it as well.
I suggest to merge it with this change (+ tiny change I proposed in docs).


Kind regards,
Petr


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