linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/13] staging: octeon: Switch from strlcpy to strscpy

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Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:36:24 +0100
From:   Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
To:     Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/13] staging: octeon: Switch from strlcpy to strscpy

On 31.01.21 22:58:27, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
> strlcpy is marked as deprecated in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst,
> and there is no functional difference when the caller expects truncation
> (when not checking the return value). strscpy is relatively better as it
> also avoids scanning the whole source string.
> 
> This silences the related checkpatch warnings from:
> 5dbdb2d87c29 ("checkpatch: prefer strscpy to strlcpy")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>