linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] block: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2022 14:22:58 +0800 (CST)
From:   <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To:     <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xu.panda@....com.cn>, <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] block: 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>
---
 block/partitions/cmdline.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
index 1af610f0ba8c..c03bc105e575 100644
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c
+++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ static int parse_subpart(struct cmdline_subpart **subpart, char *partdef)

 		length = min_t(int, next - partdef,
 			       sizeof(new_subpart->name) - 1);
-		strncpy(new_subpart->name, partdef, length);
-		new_subpart->name[length] = '\0';
+		strscpy(new_subpart->name, partdef, length);

 		partdef = ++next;
 	} else
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ static int parse_parts(struct cmdline_parts **parts, const char *bdevdef)
 	}

 	length = min_t(int, next - bdevdef, sizeof(newparts->name) - 1);
-	strncpy(newparts->name, bdevdef, length);
-	newparts->name[length] = '\0';
+	strscpy(newparts->name, bdevdef, length);
 	newparts->nr_subparts = 0;

 	next_subpart = &newparts->subpart;
@@ -153,8 +151,7 @@ static int parse_parts(struct cmdline_parts **parts, const char *bdevdef)
 		length = (!next) ? (sizeof(buf) - 1) :
 			min_t(int, next - bdevdef, sizeof(buf) - 1);

-		strncpy(buf, bdevdef, length);
-		buf[length] = '\0';
+		strscpy(buf, bdevdef, length);

 		ret = parse_subpart(next_subpart, buf);
 		if (ret)
@@ -267,8 +264,7 @@ static int add_part(int slot, struct cmdline_subpart *subpart,

 	label_min = min_t(int, sizeof(info->volname) - 1,
 			  sizeof(subpart->name));
-	strncpy(info->volname, subpart->name, label_min);
-	info->volname[label_min] = '\0';
+	strscpy(info->volname, subpart->name, label_min);

 	snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "(%s)", info->volname);
 	strlcat(state->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
2.15.2