Re: Usage of strncpy in the kernel

David Holland <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jan 2025 01:29:26 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.devel.kernel
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On Sun, Jan 05, 2025 at 01:06:41PM -0800, Greg A. Woods wrote:
 > > I used the "l" because like strlcpy they (should) check all the
 > > lengths and won't overrun.
 > 
 > I think you may be confusing strlcpy() and strlcat().

Huh? The difference between strcpy and strlcpy is the "l" and the
length checking.

 > There's no "checking of the length" in strlcpy().  There's
 > nothing to check [*].

Right, the length argument does nothing and serves no purpose. Uh huh.

I don't really follow where you're coming from.

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David A. Holland
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