strncmp(str, const, len) is error-prone because len
is easy to have typo.
The example is the hard-coded len has counting error
or sizeof(const) forgets - 1.
So we prefer using newly introduced str_has_prefix()
to substitute such strncmp to make code better.
Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v3:
- Revise the description.
kernel/user_namespace.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 8eadadc478f9..e231e902df8a 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,7 @@ ssize_t proc_setgroups_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
char kbuf[8], *pos;
bool setgroups_allowed;
ssize_t ret;
+ size_t len;
/* Only allow a very narrow range of strings to be written */
ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1153,12 +1154,11 @@ ssize_t proc_setgroups_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
/* What is being requested? */
ret = -EINVAL;
- if (strncmp(pos, "allow", 5) == 0) {
- pos += 5;
+ if ((len = str_has_prefix(pos, "allow"))) {
+ pos += len;
setgroups_allowed = true;
- }
- else if (strncmp(pos, "deny", 4) == 0) {
- pos += 4;
+ } else if ((len = str_has_prefix(pos, "deny"))) {
+ pos += len;
setgroups_allowed = false;
}
else
--
2.20.1