linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/rtl8712: Remove all strcpy() uses in favor of strscpy()

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Message-ID: <20210728174527.GA4275@titan>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:45:27 +0200
From:   Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Len Baker <len.baker@....com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        "linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev" <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/rtl8712: Remove all strcpy() uses in favor of
 strscpy()

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:11:48AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 05:15:10PM +0200, Len Baker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:06:24AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 03:24:38PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I know only root can set module parameters, but having one
> > > > that contains a string used as a printf format seems
> > > > dangerous at best.
> > > >
> > > > Isn't it best to let userspace rename the interfaces later on?
> > >
> > > Yeah.  I think you're right.
> >
> > Sorry, but I don't understand if the code needs to be improved or not.
> > Is the code shown by Dan not correct?
>
> We should remove the ifname[] array and the module option completely.

Thanks for the clarification.

Regards,
Len