From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Subject: [patch 1/2] lib/string.c: use the name "C-string" in comments
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:47:08 +0300
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For strncpy() and friends the source string may or may not have an
actual NUL character at the end.  The documentation is confusing in this
because it specifically mentions that you are passing a "NUL-terminated"
string.  Wikipedia says that "C-string" is an alternative name we can
use instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null-terminated_string

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 9b1f906..89ad0f0 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcpy);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
 /**
- * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string
+ * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, C-string
  * @dest: Where to copy the string to
  * @src: Where to copy the string from
  * @count: The maximum number of bytes to copy
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
 /**
- * strlcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string into a sized buffer
+ * strlcpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
  * @dest: Where to copy the string to
  * @src: Where to copy the string from
  * @size: size of destination buffer
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT
 /**
- * strncat - Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * strncat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
  * @dest: The string to be appended to
  * @src: The string to append to it
  * @count: The maximum numbers of bytes to copy
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncat);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCAT
 /**
- * strlcat - Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * strlcat - Append a length-limited, C-string to another
  * @dest: The string to be appended to
  * @src: The string to append to it
  * @count: The size of the destination buffer.