22 Dec
2011
22 Dec
'11
10:08 p.m.
Dear Grant Erickson,
In message 1324577816-26198-1-git-send-email-marathon96@gmail.com you wrote:
This patch adds optional support for strndup.
Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson marathon96@gmail.com
include/linux/string.h | 3 +++ lib/string.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
What is this good for? There are no users for this function (neither in mainline nor in any of the patches you have submitted).
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Wolfgang Denk
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