linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 07:52:46 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy

On Sun, Jul 01, 2018 at 01:57:13PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> gcc 8.1.0 complains:
> 
> fs/kernfs/symlink.c:91:3: warning:
> 	'strncpy' output truncated before terminating nul copying
> 	as many bytes from a string as its length
> fs/kernfs/symlink.c: In function 'kernfs_iop_get_link':
> fs/kernfs/symlink.c:88:14: note: length computed here
> 
> Using strncpy() is indeed less than perfect since the length of data to
> be copied has already been determined with strlen(). Replace strncpy()
> with memcpy() to address the warning and optimize the code a little.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun