linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] staging: ks7010: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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Date:   Mon, 26 Dec 2022 19:03:24 +0800 (CST)
From:   <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To:     <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yang.yang29@....com.cn>, <xu.panda@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] staging: ks7010: 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>
---
 drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
index 044c807ca022..e03c87f0bfe7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ static int ks_wlan_get_nick(struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EPERM;

 	/* for SLEEP MODE */
-	strncpy(extra, priv->nick, 16);
-	extra[16] = '\0';
+	strscpy(extra, priv->nick, 17);
 	dwrq->data.length = strlen(extra) + 1;

 	return 0;
-- 
2.15.2