linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] aoe: replace strncpy with strscpy

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Date:   Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:23:59 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Justin Sanders <justin@...aid.com>,
        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>,
        Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>, Yang Yang <yang.yang29@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] aoe: replace strncpy with strscpy


On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:27:45 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> `aoe_iflist` is expected to be NUL-terminated which is evident by its
> use with string apis later on like `strspn`:
> | 	p = aoe_iflist + strspn(aoe_iflist, WHITESPACE);
> 
> It also seems `aoe_iflist` does not need to be NUL-padded which means
> `strscpy` [2] is a suitable replacement due to the fact that it
> guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer while not
> unnecessarily NUL-padding.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] aoe: replace strncpy with strscpy
      commit: 5e9b7cfc209b84d135993b8cb75ea383f24b2bba

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe