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

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Message-Id: 
 <169663322565.31337.8644310026514977480.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 23:00:25 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: chris.snook@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: atheros: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

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

On Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:29:45 +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.
> 
> We expect netdev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its use with format
> strings and dev_info():
> |     dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
> |             "%s link is up %d Mbps %s\n",
> |             netdev->name, adapter->link_speed,
> |             adapter->link_duplex == FULL_DUPLEX ?
> |             "full duplex" : "half duplex");
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: atheros: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9814ec70fccb

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