[rds-devel] [PATCH net-next] rds: debug: fix null check on static array

Santosh Shilimkar santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com
Wed Dec 6 08:36:08 PST 2017


On 12/6/2017 3:32 AM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> On (12/06/17 10:47), Prashant Bhole wrote:
>>
>> t_name cannot be NULL since it is an array field of a struct.
>> Replacing null check on static array with string length check using
>> strnlen()
> 
> t_name is always initialized for all rds transports today,  and would
> be all zeros unless someone stomped over that memory (in which case
> there could be more serious issues than a busted debug string) but
> it's good  to be safe and check I suppose.

Thanks Sowmini !!

Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com>



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