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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>, Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com,
sd@queasysnail.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:56:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54C12BD2.7040705@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150122155316.GH18752@madcap2.tricolour.ca>
On 01/22/2015 07:53 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 15/01/21, Paul Moore wrote:
>> 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>
>
> Noted memcpy() difference (I assume to avoid races).
>
It is more efficient to use memcpy if the string length is known.
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-22 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-22 4:59 [PATCH v2 0/5] Overhaul the audit filename handling Paul Moore
2015-01-22 4:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames Paul Moore
2015-01-22 15:53 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2015-01-22 16:56 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2015-01-22 5:00 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] fs: create proper filename objects using getname_kernel() Paul Moore
2015-01-22 15:54 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2015-01-22 5:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] audit: enable filename recording via getname_kernel() Paul Moore
2015-01-22 5:00 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] audit: fix filename matching in __audit_inode() and __audit_inode_child() Paul Moore
2015-01-22 16:04 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2015-01-22 5:00 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] audit: replace getname()/putname() hacks with reference counters Paul Moore
2015-01-22 16:09 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2015-01-22 16:24 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-22 5:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Overhaul the audit filename handling Guenter Roeck
2015-01-22 7:54 ` Al Viro
2015-01-22 16:23 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-22 21:25 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-22 21:29 ` Al Viro
2015-01-22 21:40 ` Al Viro
2015-01-22 22:05 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-23 5:30 ` Al Viro
2015-01-23 16:15 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-24 9:03 ` Sedat Dilek
2015-01-24 22:54 ` Stephen Rothwell
2015-01-26 15:52 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-22 17:13 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-01-22 16:22 ` Paul Moore
2015-01-22 16:58 ` Guenter Roeck
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