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-rw-r--r--util-linux/mdev.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index d414c0c10..10369ded3 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static void make_device(char *path)
fd = open(temp, O_RDONLY);
len = read(fd, temp, PATH_MAX-1);
if (len<1) goto end;
- temp[len] = 0;
+ temp[--len] = 0; // remove trailing \n
close(fd);
/* Determine device name, type, major and minor */