linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: networking: Replace strncpy() with strscpy()

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Message-ID: <87im2tzgsd.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:22:10 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@....qualcomm.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: networking: Replace strncpy() with strscpy()

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:

> Replace example code's use of strncpy() with strscpy() functions. Using
> strncpy() is considered deprecated:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/input/joydev/joystick-api.rst | 2 +-
>  Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.rst    | 2 +-
>  Documentation/networking/tuntap.rst         | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon