linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: mptfusion: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy()

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Date:   Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:54:43 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
Cc:     <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        <MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com>, <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: mptfusion: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy()


Xiongfeng,

> gcc-8 reports
>
> drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c: In function 'mpt_display_event_info':
> ./include/linux/string.h:245:9: warning: '__builtin_strncpy' specified
> bound 100 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
>
> We need to use strlcpy() to make sure the dest string is
> nul-terminated.

Applied to 4.16/scsi-queue. Thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering