Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:48:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:48:39 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:13326 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:48:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:57:57 +0100 From: Martin Mares To: =?iso-8859-2?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] in drivers/char/joystick/magellan.c Message-ID: <20030128175757.GA22145@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20030128155312.GD10685@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030128155312.GD10685@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Without the patch below, the \0 terminating the string is written > anywhere. nibbles[] would be even better, I guess. > Can you check for stupidity on my side? As far as I remember, the ANSI C permits initialization of a char array with a string of the same length and defines that the trailing \0 is dropped in such cases. However, I cannot quote the right chapter and verse by heart nor am I sure it's still permitted by C99, so better check yourself. Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth return(EIEIO); /* Here-a-bug, There-a-bug... */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/