[PATCH] clean up scary strncpy(dst, src, strlen(src)) uses

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> -                     strncpy(containerpath, optarg, strlen(optarg) + 1);
>> +                     strlcpy(containerpath, optarg, sizeof(containerpath));
>>                       break;
>>               case 'w':
>>                       logfile = strdup(optarg);
>
> Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:26:24: fatal error: bsd/string.h: No such file or directory

sudo apt-get install libbsd-dev

strlcpy() is available almost everywhere, except in glibc, cfr.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/C_Reference/nonstandard/strlcpy#Criticism

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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