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

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:53:25 +0800 (CST)
From:   <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     <wuchi.zero@...il.com>, <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        <colin.i.king@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xu.panda@....com.cn>, <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] relay: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

From: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>

The implementation of strscpy() is more robust and safer.
That's now the recommended way to copy NUL terminated strings.

Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@....com>
---
 kernel/relay.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index d7edc934c56d..0a3d2e702001 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 	chan->private_data = private_data;
 	if (base_filename) {
 		chan->has_base_filename = 1;
-		strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
+		strscpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
 	}
 	chan->cb = cb;
 	kref_init(&chan->kref);
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int relay_late_setup_files(struct rchan *chan,
 	if (!chan || !base_filename)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
+	strscpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);

 	mutex_lock(&relay_channels_mutex);
 	/* Is chan already set up? */
-- 
2.15.2