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

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Message-Id: <170223542438.32670.7822552798580562858.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 10 Dec 2023 19:10:24 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     shshaikh@...vell.com, manishc@...vell.com,
        GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com, 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 v2] qlcnic: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:42:22 +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.
> 
> We expect fw_info->fw_file_name to be NUL-terminated based on its use
> within _request_firmware_prepare() wherein `name` refers to it:
> |       if (firmware_request_builtin_buf(firmware, name, dbuf, size)) {
> |               dev_dbg(device, "using built-in %s\n", name);
> |               return 0; /* assigned */
> |       }
> ... and with firmware_request_builtin() also via `name`:
> |       if (strcmp(name, b_fw->name) == 0) {
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] qlcnic: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f8dd2412ba66

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