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re: Length of wmesg for condvar?
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 02:38:32AM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
> > Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > > Should these be changed? Are there any adverse effects from having a
> > > wmesg longer than 8 characters?
> >
> > It seems to me that the exporter of those use strncpy() ....
>
> strncpy() is unlikely to do what is expected of it.
> strlcpy() is probably rather better.
these are not (stored) as normal C-strings. if they're
the full 8 chars, they'll have no nul.
.mrg.
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