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Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success.

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According to POSIX standard,  "The write() function shall attempt to
write nbyte bytes from the buffer pointed to by buf to the file
associated with the open file descriptor, fildes.".
So it is not the length of string(strlen).

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 20:39:31 +0800
> Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> > Accepting a '\0' is not at all reasonable for a text interface.  The
>> > application that does it is buggy.
>> It is hard to comprehend that the current kernel can accept  two bytes
>> "1 ", "1\t", "1\n" except "1\0".
>
> Um, it does not seem hard to comprehend at all. As this is a string,
> and it acts the same as a printf() or strlen.
>
>         strlen("1 ") == 2
>         strlen("1\t") == 2
>         strlen("1\n") == 2
>         strlen("1\0") == 1
>
> Big difference to me.
>
> -- Steve
>
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Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 05:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-08 17:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-09-08 18:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-08 18:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 11:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-11 15:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-09-11 19:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 14:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-09-13 19:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 11:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2015-09-15 16:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-13 22:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Sean Fu <fxinrong@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 11:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl.c: If "count" including the terminating  byte '\0' the write system call should retrun success. Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-15 16:00 +0200

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