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tty: return tty->name directly from tty_name

All users of tty_name pass the return value (the provided buffer) to
some printf-like function. We can thus avoid the strcpy and, more
importantly, later remove the buf parameter completely, eliminating
the need for some 64 byte stack buffers.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Rasmus Villemoes 10 năm trước cách đây
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1 tập tin đã thay đổi với 3 bổ sung5 xóa
  1. 3 5
      drivers/tty/tty_io.c

+ 3 - 5
drivers/tty/tty_io.c

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static void tty_del_file(struct file *file)
 /**
  *	tty_name	-	return tty naming
  *	@tty: tty structure
- *	@buf: buffer for output
+ *	@buf: unused
  *
  *	Convert a tty structure into a name. The name reflects the kernel
  *	naming policy and if udev is in use may not reflect user space
@@ -246,10 +246,8 @@ static void tty_del_file(struct file *file)
 const char *tty_name(const struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf)
 {
 	if (!tty) /* Hmm.  NULL pointer.  That's fun. */
-		strcpy(buf, "NULL tty");
-	else
-		strcpy(buf, tty->name);
-	return buf;
+		return "NULL tty";
+	return tty->name;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_name);