linux-kernel - [PATCH] mac80211: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:02:23 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
---
 net/mac80211/iface.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 95b58c5cac07..e8b9658fe779 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
 		wdev = &sdata->wdev;
 
 		sdata->dev = NULL;
-		strlcpy(sdata->name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
+		strscpy(sdata->name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
 		ieee80211_assign_perm_addr(local, wdev->address, type);
 		memcpy(sdata->vif.addr, wdev->address, ETH_ALEN);
 		ether_addr_copy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.addr, sdata->vif.addr);
-- 
2.35.1