On Wednesday 09 January 2008 03:18:46 Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * DM <dm.n9107@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 2008 3:26 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
> > > > Why use sprintf? If a module name contains the % character we could
> > > > overflow the buffer. Or is module-unloading root-only and we don't
> > > > care?
> > >
> > > module loading isn't just root only; the name comes from an already
> > > loaded module. If you can load kernel modules of your choice you own
> > > the entire kernel already anway
> >
> > Still, strcpy seems like a better choice IMHO.
>
> agreed, this just isnt obvious IMO:
>
> +       sprintf(last_unloaded_module, mod->name);
>
> 	Ingo

Yes, I've changed it to:
+	strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module));

In my tree.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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