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Date:      Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:02:08 -0400
From:      Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279932 - head/sys/vm
Message-ID:  <CAFMmRNx%2BB=LtPt2Vx=9dEACiLVQgY9gWu%2B6KmmcYHbP13wX5QA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201503121806.t2CI6VSU034853@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201503121806.t2CI6VSU034853@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:

>   Nullterminate strings returned via sysctl.
>
>   PR:           195668
>

To quote the manpage:

> The *sbuf* family of functions allows one to safely
> allocate, construct and release bounded null-terminated
> strings in kernel space.

IMO the sbuf API is broken if we have to explicitly null-terminate the
string ourselves.



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