linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/core: Remove size arguments when calling strscpy()

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Message-ID: <20250310192336.442994-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:23:35 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Remove size arguments when calling strscpy()

The size parameter is optional and strscpy() automatically determines
the length of the destination buffer using sizeof() if the argument is
omitted. This makes the explicit sizeof() calls unnecessary.

Furthermore, KSYM_NAME_LEN is equal to sizeof(name) and can also be
removed. Remove them to shorten and simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 823aa0824916..e4b071fc7d74 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8589,7 +8589,7 @@ static void perf_event_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
 	unsigned int size;
 
 	memset(comm, 0, sizeof(comm));
-	strscpy(comm, comm_event->task->comm, sizeof(comm));
+	strscpy(comm, comm_event->task->comm);
 	size = ALIGN(strlen(comm)+1, sizeof(u64));
 
 	comm_event->comm = comm;
@@ -9033,7 +9033,7 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 	}
 
 cpy_name:
-	strscpy(tmp, name, sizeof(tmp));
+	strscpy(tmp, name);
 	name = tmp;
 got_name:
 	/*
@@ -9457,7 +9457,7 @@ void perf_event_ksymbol(u16 ksym_type, u64 addr, u32 len, bool unregister,
 	    ksym_type == PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
 		goto err;
 
-	strscpy(name, sym, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
+	strscpy(name, sym);
 	name_len = strlen(name) + 1;
 	while (!IS_ALIGNED(name_len, sizeof(u64)))
 		name[name_len++] = '\0';
-- 
2.48.1