linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] scsi: replace deprecated strncpy

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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:18:47 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Sathya Prakash Veerichetty <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
	Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>,
	Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...adcom.com>,
	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
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	Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] scsi: replace deprecated strncpy

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 10:59:00PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> This series contains multiple replacements of strncpy throughout the
> scsi subsystem.
> 
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces. The details of each replacement will be in their respective
> patch.
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - for (1/7): change strscpy to simple const char* assignments
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240223-strncpy-drivers-scsi-mpi3mr-mpi3mr_fw-c-v1-0-9cd3882f0700@google.com

I think you lost my tags for the later patches. I re-reviewed a few and
then remembered I'd already reviewed these and they were unchanged. :)

Please run:

b4 trailers -u 20240223-strncpy-drivers-scsi-mpi3mr-mpi3mr_fw-c-v1-0-9cd3882f0700@...gle.com

:)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook