linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] nfp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:20:24 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: louis.peens@...igine.com, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, oss-drivers@...igine.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:48:39 +0000 you wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
> 
> We expect res->name to be NUL-terminated based on its usage with format
> strings:
> |       dev_err(cpp->dev.parent, "Dangling area: %d:%d:%d:0x%0llx-0x%0llx%s%s\n",
> |               NFP_CPP_ID_TARGET_of(res->cpp_id),
> |               NFP_CPP_ID_ACTION_of(res->cpp_id),
> |               NFP_CPP_ID_TOKEN_of(res->cpp_id),
> |               res->start, res->end,
> |               res->name ? " " : "",
> |               res->name ? res->name : "");
> ... and with strcmp()
> |       if (!strcmp(res->name, NFP_RESOURCE_TBL_NAME)) {
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - nfp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d273e99b5623

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