linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] x86/mce/dev-mcelog: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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Message-ID: <202212031419324523731@zte.com.cn>
Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2022 14:19:32 +0800 (CST)
From:   <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To:     <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     <bp@...en8.de>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
        <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, <x86@...nel.org>, <hpa@...or.com>,
        <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xu.panda@....com.cn>, <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] x86/mce/dev-mcelog: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
index 100fbeebdc72..a05ac0716ecf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/dev-mcelog.c
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ static ssize_t set_trigger(struct device *s, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	char *p;

-	strncpy(mce_helper, buf, sizeof(mce_helper));
-	mce_helper[sizeof(mce_helper)-1] = 0;
+	strscpy(mce_helper, buf, sizeof(mce_helper));
 	p = strchr(mce_helper, '\n');

 	if (p)
-- 
2.15.2