linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/smc: Replace use of strncpy on NUL-terminated string with strscpy

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Message-Id: <27d1804c-27c4-488f-9f35-1913a7f7015f@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:12:22 -0700
From: James <bold.zone2373@...tmail.com>
To: "Mahanta Jambigi" <mjambigi@...ux.ibm.com>, alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com,
 "Dust Li" <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>, sidraya@...ux.ibm.com,
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 "Simon Horman" <horms@...nel.org>, "Shuah Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
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 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/smc: Replace use of strncpy on NUL-terminated string with
 strscpy



On Mon, Sep 1, 2025, at 11:40 PM, Mahanta Jambigi wrote:
> On 01/09/25 8:34 am, James Flowers wrote:
>> strncpy is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated strings, as indicated in
>> Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. strncpy NUL-pads the destination
>> buffer and doesn't guarantee the destination buffer will be NUL
>> terminated.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: James Flowers <bold.zone2373@...tmail.com>
>> ---
>> V1 -> V2: Replaced with two argument version of strscpy
>> Note: this has only been compile tested.
>> 
>>  net/smc/smc_pnet.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
>> index 76ad29e31d60..b90337f86e83 100644
>> --- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
>> +++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
>> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int smc_pnet_add_ib(struct smc_pnettable *pnettable, char *ib_name,
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>  	new_pe->type = SMC_PNET_IB;
>>  	memcpy(new_pe->pnet_name, pnet_name, SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN);
>> -	strncpy(new_pe->ib_name, ib_name, IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX);
>> +	strscpy(new_pe->ib_name, ib_name);
>
> I tested your changes by creating a Software PNET ID using *smc_pnet*
> tool & it works fine. Your changes are similar to ae2402b(net/smc:
> replace strncpy with strscpy) commit.
>
> Reviewed-by: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@...ux.ibm.com>
>
>>  	new_pe->ib_port = ib_port;
>>  
>>  	new_ibdev = true;

Thank you for doing that test, Mahanta. Thanks to all who have reviewed so far.

Best regards,
James Flowers