linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] scsi: ibmvscsi: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:58:00 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
        Tyrel Datwyler
 <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe
 Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley"
 <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ibmvscsi: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy


Michael,

>> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
>> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
>> interfaces.

> I gave it a quick boot, no issues.
>
> Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

Applied to 6.8/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering