Re: [PATCH] Fix user data corrupted by old value return of sysctl

[Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>]

2005/12/31, Yi Yang <yang.y.yi@gmail.com>:
> Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> >You didn't set the trailing '\0', I wonder how your printf did work
> >properly ever. You've just been lucky or something.
> >
> >-- Coywolf
> >
> >
> The variable target does it, its value is 0x00000001, so you mustn't
> worry it.
> osname only has 4-bytes space, so if you set '\0' to its tail, a byte
> information will be lost.

I'm worrying more. We should set '\0'. Let the one byte information
lost, the caller deserve that. Actually here printf sees "mylo"+'\01'
if little endian.

Linus, besides fixing bug, your commit certainly breaks userland
compatibility. Please consider.
--
Coywolf Qi Hunt
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