linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] smp: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

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Message-ID: <CAEdQ38E4Hks+m=srZsuuu7g8N2z_hJT7oxyF_Nz3MYsm8wx9YQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:01:03 -0400
From: Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>, 
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smp: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> On 18. Apr 2025, at 22:23, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 09:20:52PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> >> strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.
> >
> > Are there more strcpy() uses in arch/alpha? Maybe do all of them and
> > give the Subject prefix as "alpha:". If not, the "smp:" prefix is likely
> > to non-specific. Maybe "alpha: smp:".
>
> There are a handful left, but they're not as straightforward as this
> one - so I'd prefer to keep them separate.
>
> Could the committer change the subject to "alpha: smp:" or should I
> submit a v2 just for the title?

I'll fix it up when I add it to my tree.

Thanks!
Matt