site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) Hi, Hope this helps someone, Nick _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... This is really an FYI more than anything. There is a bug in dev_finddir() that affects devfs_make_node() such that if you pass it a path that contains a directory, the directory will be created but the name will be truncated. This stems from a simple off by one error in dev_finddir(). Although I have raised a bug about this, I have been told that I shouldn't be trying to create directories as part of a device name. This problem was introduced in leopard with the shift away from unsafe string functions. So rather than strncpy(), strlcpy() has been used, without the appropriate length change. I am curious what the reasons are that make it considered unsafe to create a subdirectory under /dev -- but mainly this email is to make people aware of a regression which exists in leopard that apparently will not get fixed. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com