Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:15:23 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] init/do_mounts.c: ignore final \n in name_to_dev_t |
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On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:10:37 -0700 Sebastian Capella <sebastian.capella@linaro.org> wrote:
> Enhance name_to_dev_t to handle trailing newline characters > on device paths. Some inputs to name_to_dev_t may come from > userspace where oftentimes a '\n' is appended to the path. > Added const to the name buffer in both the function > declaration and the prototype to reflect input buffer > handling. > > By handling trailing newlines in name_to_dev_t, userspace > buffers may be directly passed to name_to_dev_t without > modification.
We have lib/string.c:strim() - perhaps this patch would be neater if it were to use it?
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