Possible error in debugfs/file.c

[bjorn@mork.no (Bjørn Mork)]

land.ho87 at gmail.com writes:

> I'm just reading the kernel source and came across this which doesn't look quite right to me:
> 616         size_t size = strlen(file->private_data);
>
> strlen is used here when the pointer points to type:
> 567 struct array_data {
> 568         void *array;
> 569         u32 elements;
> 570 };

No, it doesn't.  file->private_data points to a string buffer allocated
in u32_array_open() and filled with a string representation of the
struct array_data, using u32_format_array().

So calling strlen() on it is perfectly valid and reasonable.




Bj?rn