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

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Message-ID: <8648a01c-ee70-7c69-f24c-3a30866ae08f@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:44:10 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     yang.yang29@....com.cn
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xu.panda@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] vboxfs: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

Hi,

On 11/22/22 01:58, yang.yang29@....com.cn wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

Regards,

Hans



> ---
>  fs/vboxsf/super.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/super.c b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
> index d2f6df69f611..1fb8f4df60cb 100644
> --- a/fs/vboxsf/super.c
> +++ b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int vboxsf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
>  	}
>  	folder_name->size = size;
>  	folder_name->length = size - 1;
> -	strlcpy(folder_name->string.utf8, fc->source, size);
> +	strscpy(folder_name->string.utf8, fc->source, size);
>  	err = vboxsf_map_folder(folder_name, &sbi->root);
>  	kfree(folder_name);
>  	if (err) {