linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

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Message-Id: <C7A61D9B-F2C2-41A2-968E-0E6A937140D9@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:59:24 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc: Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

On 5. Mar 2025, at 03:21, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 02:10:21AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Use
>> strscpy() instead and remove the manual NUL-termination.
>> 
>> No functional changes intended.
>> 
>> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
>> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
>> ---
> 
> Please read the list archives before you post:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20230211050641.GA2118932@ceph-admin/

My bad, I found [1] and saw that you reviewed it, but missed Li's reply.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/Y9sKXhxvf0DDusih@magnolia/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20230211050641.GA2118932@ceph-admin/