linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: Replace strncpy() with strscpy()

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Message-Id: <164671981055.5704.6695413392118997565.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:10:10 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@...il.com>
Cc:     yhs@...com, andrii@...nel.org, ast@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, john.fastabend@...il.com, kafai@...com,
        kpsingh@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, songliubraving@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: Replace strncpy() with strscpy()

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>:

On Fri,  4 Mar 2022 15:04:08 +0800 you wrote:
> Using strncpy() on NUL-terminated strings is considered deprecated[1].
> Moreover, if the length of 'task->comm' is less than the destination buffer
> size, strncpy() will NUL-pad the destination buffer, which is a needless
> performance penalty.
> 
> Replacing strncpy() with strscpy() fixes all these issues.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v2] bpf: Replace strncpy() with strscpy()
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/03b9c7fa3f15

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