parisc: pdc_stable.c: Cleaning up unnecessary use of memset in conjunction with strncpy Using memset before strncpy just to ensure a trailing null character is an unnecessary double writing of a string Patch modified by Helge Deller to additionally reduce stack usage. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c index 0f54ab6..e4b73c2 100644 --- a/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c +++ b/drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ { struct pdcspath_entry *pathentry; unsigned char flags; - char in[count+1], *temp; + char in[8], *temp; char c; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) @@ -765,8 +765,9 @@ return -EINVAL; /* We'll use a local copy of buf */ - memset(in, 0, count+1); + count = min_t(size_t, count, 7); strncpy(in, buf, count); + in[count] = '\0'; /* Current flags are stored in primary boot path entry */ pathentry = &pdcspath_entry_primary;