linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] string: Add stracpy and stracpy

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Message-Id: <20190925145011.c80c89b56fcee3060cf87773@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:50:11 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@...el.com>, jannh@...gle.com,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] string: Add stracpy and stracpy_pad mechanisms

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:51:36 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> Several uses of strlcpy and strscpy have had defects because the
> last argument of each function is misused or typoed.
> 
> Add macro mechanisms to avoid this defect.
> 
> stracpy (copy a string to a string array) must have a string
> array as the first argument (dest) and uses sizeof(dest) as the
> count of bytes to copy.
> 
> These mechanisms verify that the dest argument is an array of
> char or other compatible types like u8 or s8 or equivalent.
> 
> A BUILD_BUG is emitted when the type of dest is not compatible.
> 

I'm still reluctant to merge this because we don't have code in -next
which *uses* it.  You did have a patch for that against v1, I believe? 
Please dust it off and send it along?