linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Message-Id: <169159026875.18421.15201020596285945791.b4-ty@rivosinc.com>
Date:   Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:11:08 -0700
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy


On Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:21:58 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> Favor not copying strings onto stack and instead use strings directly.
> This avoids hard-coding sizes and buffer lengths all together.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy
      https://git.kernel.org/palmer/c/12d61a1bc28e

Best regards,
-- 
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>