[PATCH v3 RFT 1/2] init/do_mounts.c: ignore final \n in name_to_dev_t

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Thu Sep 19 06:10:34 EDT 2013


On Wed 2013-09-18 16:29:01, Sebastian Capella 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Capella <sebastian.capella at linaro.org>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>

Reviewed-by: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>

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