linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] perf synthetic-events: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 01:33:28 +0000
From:   cgel.zte@...il.com
To:     acme@...nel.org
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
        namhyung@...nel.org, irogers@...gle.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
        leo.yan@...aro.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] perf synthetic-events: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

From: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>

The implementation of strscpy() is more robust and safer.

That's now the recommended way to copy NUL terminated strings.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@....com.cn>
---
 tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
index 0ff57ca24577..9f82b66f6271 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_event_update_unit(struct perf_tool *tool, struct evse
 	if (ev == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	strlcpy(ev->unit, evsel->unit, size + 1);
+	strscpy(ev->unit, evsel->unit, size + 1);
 	err = process(tool, (union perf_event *)ev, NULL, NULL);
 	free(ev);
 	return err;
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_event_update_name(struct perf_tool *tool, struct evse
 	if (ev == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	strlcpy(ev->name, evsel->name, len + 1);
+	strscpy(ev->name, evsel->name, len + 1);
 	err = process(tool, (union perf_event *)ev, NULL, NULL);
 	free(ev);
 	return err;
-- 
2.25.1