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Message-ID: <e2b7f4fb-b2f9-4457-b5ae-4cf6acceb10d@lunn.ch> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:05:30 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mdio: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 03:01:06PM -0700, Justin Stitt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 2:59 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 09:53:03PM +0000, Justin Stitt 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. > > > > Hi Justin > > > > You just sent two patches with the same Subject. That got me confused > > for a while, is it a resend? A new version? > > Yep, just saw this. > > I'm working (top to bottom) on a list of strncpy hits. I have an automated tool > fetch the prefix and update the subject line accordingly. They are two separate > patches but ended up with the same exact subject line due to oversight and > over-automation. > > Looking for guidance: > Should I combine them into one patch? No, it is fine. Just try to avoid it in the future. Andrew
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