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[PATCH] strndup_user()
authorDavi Arnaut <davi.arnaut@gmail.com>
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:42 +0000 (03:18 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:33:31 +0000 (07:33 -0800)
commit96840aa00a031069a136ec4c55d0bdd09ac6d3a7
treef93592ca47f2412aa0cce3ce4c116d1678a42239tree | snapshot
parent6687a97d4041f996f725902d2990e5de6ef5cbe5commit | diff
[PATCH] strndup_user()

This patch series creates a strndup_user() function to easy copying C strings
from userspace.  Also we avoid common pitfalls like userspace modifying the
final \0 after the strlen_user().

Signed-off-by: Davi Arnaut <davi.arnaut@gmail.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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