linux-kernel - [PATCH] xfs: replace strncpy with memcpy in xattr listing

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Message-ID: <20250617131446.25551-1-pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:44:46 +0530
From: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
To: cem@...nel.org
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
	Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: replace strncpy with memcpy in xattr listing

Use memcpy() in place of strncpy() in __xfs_xattr_put_listent().
The length is known and a null byte is added manually.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index 0f641a9091ec..ac5cecec9aa1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ __xfs_xattr_put_listent(
 	offset = context->buffer + context->count;
 	memcpy(offset, prefix, prefix_len);
 	offset += prefix_len;
-	strncpy(offset, (char *)name, namelen);			/* real name */
+	memcpy(offset, (char *)name, namelen);			/* real name */
 	offset += namelen;
 	*offset = '\0';
 
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