linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: echoaudio: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

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Message-ID: <aG97MbrEKqqZbsYe@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:34:57 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, Philipp Stanner <phasta@...nel.org>,
	Andres Urian Florez <andres.emb.sys@...il.com>,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: echoaudio: Replace deprecated strcpy() with
 strscpy()

On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 10:55:02PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> On 9. Jul 2025, at 16:05, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Thanks, applied now.

> > And now I'm going to convert all the rest of such trivial stuff
> > (strcpy() with card->driver, shortname, mixername, longname, as well
> > as pcm->name, and else) in sound/* for 6.17.
> 
> Yes, please :) I thought about submitting a patch series for all of
> sound/*, but didn't find the time yet.

Note that strscpy() supports 3rd argument optionally, it means it's better
to use 2-arg variant when the destination is supposed to be an array of
characters.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko