linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: netcp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Message-Id: <169749842182.17995.788376629952172297.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:20:21 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: netcp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:05:40 +0000 you wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
> 
> Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
> the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
> without unnecessarily NUL-padding.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: netcp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/eb7fa2eb9689

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