strvalid.c

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/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by NAI Labs,
 * the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
 * DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA
 * CHATS research program.
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#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__FBSDID("$BSDSUniX$");

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/libkern.h>

/*
 * Return (1) if the buffer pointed to by kernel pointer 'buffer' and
 * of length 'bufferlen' contains a valid NUL-terminated string
 */
int
strvalid(const char *buffer, size_t bufferlen)
{
        size_t i;

        /* Must be NUL-terminated. */
        for (i = 0; i < bufferlen; i++)
                if (buffer[i] == '\0')
                        return (1);

        return (0);
}