linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] null_blk: replace strncpy with strscpy

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Date:   Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:23:28 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] null_blk: replace strncpy with strscpy


On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:30:35 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> We should favor a more robust and less ambiguous interface.
> 
> We expect that both `nullb->disk_name` and `disk->disk_name` be
> NUL-terminated:
> |     snprintf(nullb->disk_name, sizeof(nullb->disk_name),
> |              "%s", config_item_name(&dev->group.cg_item));
> ...
> |       pr_info("disk %s created\n", nullb->disk_name);
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] null_blk: replace strncpy with strscpy
      commit: e1f2760ba3478fa3f8c48db8e91fbe3df8bea2f8

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe