Hi Steven,

> Date: 2026-10-28 13:47:55-0400
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:13:40 +0100
> Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-hardening@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Are there any reasons to not write that NUL byte?
> 
> Yes, for speed. seq_buf is used in hotpaths in tracing. I purposely made
> the design decision that the seq_buf string is never guaranteed to be NUL
> terminated.

Hmmm, okay; I'll keep that in mind when rewriting.  Thanks!


Cheers,
Alex

> 
> -- Steve

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