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

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Message-ID: <CAD=FV=W1tgwvajXD6mcggHKy=Q7EN8wLx4nSJgy0NJBzHLBnSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:48:43 -0700
From: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>, Daniel Thompson <danielt@...nel.org>, 
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>, Zhang Heng <zhangheng@...inos.cn>, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

nit: Since this only covers things in the file `kdb_support.c` and not
everything in kernel/debug/kdb, perhaps that should be in the subject
line? Maybe "kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy() in
kdb_strdup()"?

Other than that, this looks fine to me.

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>