linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] fs: unicode: Use strscpy() instead of strncpy()

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Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2021 17:52:30 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        chao@...nel.org, krisman@...labora.com, drosen@...gle.com,
        yuchao0@...wei.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com,
        andre.almeida@...labora.com, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] fs: unicode: Use strscpy() instead of strncpy()

On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 08:18:42PM +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> The -Wstringop-truncation warning highlights the unintended
> uses of the strncpy function that truncate the terminating NULL
> character from the source string.
> Unlike strncpy(), strscpy() always null-terminates the destination string,
> hence use strscpy() instead of strncpy().

This explanation is a bit misleading.  It would be clearer to phrase this in
terms of fixing how overly-long strings are handled: start returning an error
instead of creating a non-null-terminated string.

> 
> Fixes: 9d53690f0d4e5 (unicode: implement higher level API for string handling)

There should be quotes around the commit title here.

- Eric