linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: mixer_oss: Remove deprecated strcpy() function calls

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Message-ID: <87a55ymr2e.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:10:49 +0200
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: mixer_oss: Remove deprecated strcpy() function calls

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:38:54 +0200,
Thorsten Blum wrote:
> 
> Remove the deprecated strcpy() function calls and assign the strings
> directly to a 'char *' instead.
> 
> Use 'if/else if' instead of two separate if statements.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Assign the strings directly as suggested by Al and Takashi
> - Use if/else if instead of if/if
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250618223631.1244-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi