linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: convert all uses of strlcpy to strscpy in ethernet-mdio.c

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Date:   Sun, 7 Feb 2021 15:55:04 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
Cc:     alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com, andrew@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
        chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: convert all uses of strlcpy to strscpy
 in ethernet-mdio.c

On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 02:48:04PM +0000, Phillip Potter wrote:
> Convert three calls to strlcpy inside the cvm_oct_get_drvinfo function
> to strscpy calls. Fixes a style warning.

Is it really safe to do this type of conversion here?  If so, you need
to provide evidence of it in the changelog, otherwise we could just do a
search/replace across the whole kernel and be done with it :)

thanks,

greg k-h