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Re: gets in the kernel



On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 04:57:02AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
 > > I noticed that gets_s (a bounded version of gets) was added in the kernel.
 > > While this iis nice, it conflicts with the c-11 "Annex K" which has a
 > > different prototype (takes rsize_t instead of size_t). Perhaps we should
 > > rename this to kgets() or getl() now before it causes problems.
 > > 
 > > Opinions?
 > 
 > sounds like a good idea to me.  i like kgets() over getl().

I suggested bounded_gets() earlier, but kgets() seems fine too.

I guess maxv and I noticed it separately, but please tag further
commits with PR 51200.

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David A. Holland
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