linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] strcpys(): New function for copying strings safely

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:10:39 +0200
From:   "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@...il.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        glibc <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>
Cc:     "tech@...nbsd.org" <tech@...nbsd.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        drepper@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] strcpys(): New function for copying strings safely

On 6/28/21 2:00 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> l = strscat(n - l, dest + l, src2);

Hmm, that's a bug; I wrote it too fast.

Either

l += strscpy(n - l, dest + l, src2);

or

l = strscat(n - l, dest, src2);

should be used instead.

-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/