On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 12:32:31AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > We know `hw.partname` is supposed to be NUL-terminated by its later use with > seq_printf: > | nitrox_debugfs.c +25 > | seq_printf(s, " Part Name: %s\n", ndev->hw.partname); > > Let's prefer a more robust and less ambiguous string interface. > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees > NUL-termination on the destination buffer. > > Link: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings > [1] > Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html > [2] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-harden...@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> > --- > Note: build-tested only. > --- > drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herb...@gondor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
