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Message-ID: <20250403181200.34418-1-m.mahdianbaraki@gmail.com>
Date: Thu,  3 Apr 2025 21:41:59 +0330
From: Mohammad Mahdi Anbaraki <m.mahdianbaraki@...il.com>
To: geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mohammad Mahdi Anbaraki <m.mahdianbaraki@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] m68k/kernel: replace strncpy() with strscpy()

Swapped out strncpy() for strscpy() in parse_uboot_commandline() while
copying to commandp. strscpy() makes sure the string is properly null-
terminated and gives a more useful return value so it's just a safer 
choice overall.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Mahdi Anbaraki <m.mahdianbaraki@...il.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- s/m64/m68

 arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
index 5e52ea150..fa7c279ea 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void __init parse_uboot_commandline(char *commandp, int size)
 	uboot_cmd_end = sp[5];
 
 	if (uboot_cmd_start && uboot_cmd_end)
-		strncpy(commandp, (const char *)uboot_cmd_start, size);
+		strscpy(commandp, (const char *)uboot_cmd_start, size);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD)
 	uboot_initrd_start = sp[2];
-- 
2.43.0


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