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

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:01:45 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] hostfs: 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.
Generated by a coccinelle script.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
---
 fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 07881b76d42f..277468783fee 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(p + strlen(p) + 1 != name + PATH_MAX);
 
-	strlcpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
+	strscpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
 	if (len > p - name) {
 		__putname(name);
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.35.1