linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] printk: use strscpy() to instead of strlcpy()

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:17:07 +0106
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     yang.yang29@....com.cn, pmladek@...e.com
Cc:     senozhatsky@...omium.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xu.panda@....com.cn,
        yang.yang29@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] printk: use strscpy() to instead of strlcpy()

On 2022-11-30, <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>

This looks fine, but I am wondering if we should also replace all
strncpy() usage as well. AFAICT they can all be replaced. It would also
avoid the manual termination in console_setup().

John Ogness