[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] net/tap: allow full length names

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Jan 11 21:35:15 CET 2019


The code for set_interface_name was incorrectly assuming that
space for null byte was necessary with snprintf/strlcpy.

Fixes: 02f96a0a82d1 ("net/tap: add TUN/TAP device PMD")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by Keith Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
index 1c00681ba0eb..11e402e42bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
@@ -1892,10 +1892,10 @@ set_interface_name(const char *key __rte_unused,
 	char *name = (char *)extra_args;
 
 	if (value)
-		strlcpy(name, value, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN - 1);
+		strlcpy(name, value, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN);
 	else
-		snprintf(name, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN - 1, "%s%d",
-			 DEFAULT_TAP_NAME, (tap_unit - 1));
+		snprintf(name, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s%d",
+			 DEFAULT_TAP_NAME, tap_unit - 1);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.20.1



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