X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fvlibmemory%2Fsocket_client.c;h=fcd31992fa59f21677e116803f4580e12e0ecf28;hb=2959d42fe;hp=96330ce481ad4c55f747f51c0038867024cee121;hpb=3f1964d2d2847c5307694fe8daea0a7eef1e2733;p=vpp.git

diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/socket_client.c b/src/vlibmemory/socket_client.c
index 96330ce481a..fcd31992fa5 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/socket_client.c
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/socket_client.c
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ vl_socket_client_connect (char *socket_path, char *client_name,
 
   mp = vl_socket_client_msg_alloc (sizeof (*mp));
   mp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_SOCKCLNT_CREATE);
-  strncpy ((char *) mp->name, client_name, sizeof (mp->name) - 1);
-  mp->name[sizeof (mp->name) - 1] = 0;
+
+  vl_api_to_api_string (strnlen_s (client_name, 64), client_name, &mp->name);
   mp->context = 0xfeedface;
 
   clib_time_init (&scm->clib_time);