linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: pktgen: fix code style (WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy)

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Message-ID: <20250416171858.GX395307@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:18:58 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: pktgen: fix code style (WARNING:
 Prefer strscpy over strcpy)

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 01:29:16PM +0200, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> Fix checkpatch code style warnings:
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #1423: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:1423:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->dst_min, buf);
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #1444: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:1444:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->dst_max, buf);
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #1554: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:1554:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->src_min, buf);
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #1575: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:1575:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->src_max, buf);
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #3231: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:3231:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->result, "Starting");
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #3235: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:3235:
>   +                       strcpy(pkt_dev->result, "Error starting");
> 
>   WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>   #3849: FILE: net/core/pktgen.c:3849:
>   +       strcpy(pkt_dev->odevname, ifname);
> 
> While at it squash memset/strcpy pattern into single strscpy_pad call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
>   - squash memset/strscpy pattern into single strscpy_pad call (suggested
>     by Jakub Kicinski)

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>