linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace strncpy with strscpy to ensure null-termination

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Message-ID: <CAJvTdKnE2nBOQpWRiQ98nk1hd4w44-sxsCJNsBTRJOwKHPU_Ww@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 10:59:03 -0400
From: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To: kendrajmoore <kendra.j.moore3443@...il.com>
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace strncpy with strscpy to ensure null-termination

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM kendrajmoore
<kendra.j.moore3443@...il.com> wrote:

> --- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c

> +               strscpy(pcounter->name, name, ARRAY_SIZE(pcounter->name));

Nope --  strscpy() is kernel specific, not available to user space utilities.

Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center