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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/irda: fix max dup length for kstrndup
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:27:12 -0800
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To: Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:54:44 +0800
Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> If source string longer than max, kstrndup will alloc max+1 space.
> So, we should make sure the result will not over limit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>

Did you read the TODO file in drivers/staging/irda?
	
	The irda code will be removed soon from the kernel tree as it is old and
	obsolete and broken.

	Don't worry about fixing up anything here, it's not needed.