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

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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:30:26 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: ecree.xilinx@...il.com, habetsm.xilinx@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sfc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

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

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:38:19 +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.
> 
> `desc` is expected to be NUL-terminated as evident by the manual
> NUL-byte assignment. Moreover, NUL-padding does not seem to be
> necessary.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - sfc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/220dd227ca3a

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