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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2019-09-26 01:46:13 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-09-26 02:51:39 +0200
commit917cda2790c4bd624c5191b8d9edd12121749e86 (patch)
tree72669d3bb43b95d0923eba7f5f0dd3804d2d0c01 /lib/string.c
parentaugmented rbtree: rework the RB_DECLARE_CALLBACKS macro definition (diff)
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kernel-doc: core-api: include string.h into core-api
core-api should show all the various string functions including the newly added stracpy and stracpy_pad. Miscellanea: o Update the Returns: value for strscpy o fix a defect with %NUL) [joe@perches.com: correct return of -E2BIG descriptions] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/29f998b4c1a9d69fbeae70500ba0daa4b340c546.1563889130.git.joe@perches.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/224a6ebf39955f4107c0c376d66155d970e46733.1563841972.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Cc: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 461fb620f85f..f7bc10da4259 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy);
* doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be
* zeroed. If zeroing is desired please use strscpy_pad().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
@@ -253,8 +254,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy);
* For full explanation of why you may want to consider using the
* 'strscpy' functions please see the function docstring for strscpy().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{