linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Expand str*cpy() replacement notes

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Message-ID: <20201021150950.3bd174a5@lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:09:50 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Expand str*cpy() replacement
 notes

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:17:31 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> The notes on replacing the deprecated str*cpy() functions didn't call
> enough attention to the change in return type. Add these details and
> clean up the language a bit more.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 44 ++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon