-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Ivan Kokshaysky [PATCH] Alpha: strncpy() fix As it turned out after recent SCSI changes, strncpy() was broken - it mixed up the return values from __stxncpy() in registers $24 and $27. Thanks to Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer for tracking down the problem and providing an excellent test case. Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/alpha/lib/strncpy.S | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.16.11.orig/arch/alpha/lib/strncpy.S +++ linux-2.6.16.11/arch/alpha/lib/strncpy.S @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ strncpy: .align 4 $multiword: - subq $24, 1, $2 # clear the final bits in the prev word - or $2, $24, $2 + subq $27, 1, $2 # clear the final bits in the prev word + or $2, $27, $2 zapnot $1, $2, $1 subq $18, 1, $18 @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ $multiword: bne $18, 0b 1: ldq_u $1, 0($16) # clear the leading bits in the final word - subq $27, 1, $2 - or $2, $27, $2 + subq $24, 1, $2 + or $2, $24, $2 zap $1, $2, $1 stq_u $1, 0($16) --