linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] strlcpy removal for v6.8-rc1

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Message-ID: <202401191450.CAF805687A@keescook>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:53:21 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>,
	Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
	linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] strlcpy removal for v6.8-rc1

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 02:00:14PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 at 13:14, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > The kernel is now free of the strlcpy() API!
> 
> .. still mentioned in docs and checkpatch. Maybe remove that too?

Sorry, I should have called that out in the PR, but the commit itself
had my rationale for intentionally leaving those in:

    Leave mentions in Documentation (about its deprecation), and in
    checkpatch.pl (to help migrate host-only tools/ usage).

If you feel like that's not right, I can either respin or send a
follow-up patch?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook