linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v4] EDAC/mc: Prefer strscpy over strcpy

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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:08:28 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] EDAC/mc: Prefer strscpy over strcpy

On Fri, 2021-08-27 at 19:54 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> So it would be a lot more robust if something would catch that change,
> albeit seemingly redundant now.

I still think scnprintf is _way_ more common and intelligible as
a construct than this odd strscpy with required error checking.