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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: fbtft: Replace magic number with constant

From Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: fbtft: Replace magic number with constant
Date 2017-02-15 04:40 +0100
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On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 14:27 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Current call to strncmp() uses a magic number. There is a compile
> time constant defined for this buffer, included and used already at
> other sites in the file.
> 
> Remove magic number. Replace with pre-existing compile time constant.

OK thanks, as well:

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c
[]
> @@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ static int __init fbtft_device_init(void)
>  	}
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(displays); i++) {
> -		if (strncmp(name, displays[i].name, 32) == 0) {
> +		if (strncmp(name, displays[i].name, SPI_NAME_SIZE) == 0) {

Maybe change this to:

		if (strncmp(name, displays[i].name, SPI_NAME_SIZE) != 0)
			continue;

and reduce the indentation of the rest of the block.

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[PATCH v2 0/3] staging: fbtft: Fix buffer overflow vulnerability "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> - 2017-02-15 04:30 +0100
  [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: fbtft: Replace magic number with constant "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> - 2017-02-15 04:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: fbtft: Replace magic number with  constant Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-02-15 04:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 3/3] staging: fbtft: Add check on strlcpy() return value "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> - 2017-02-15 04:30 +0100

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