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There is a general misunderstanding amongst engineers that {v}snprintf()
returns the length of the data *actually* encoded into the destination
array. However, as per the C99 standard {v}snprintf() really returns
the length of the data that *would have been* written if there were
enough space for it. This misunderstanding has led to buffer-overruns
in the past. It's generally considered safer to use the {v}scnprintf()
variants in their place (or even sprintf() in simple cases). So let's
do that.
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105
Cc: James Gruber <jimmyjgruber@gmail.com>
Cc: Yadwinder Singh <yadi.brar01@gmail.com>
Cc: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
Cc: Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213164246.1021885-4-lee@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.