linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal: hwmon: replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0j2ooBwnPWKjXGyYOOBtjs6zbAh-+jaUaV5u7sBi87+Rw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 16:21:35 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, rui.zhang@...el.com, 
	lukasz.luba@....com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: hwmon: replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM Osama Abdelkader
<osama.abdelkader@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 01:50:03PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM Osama Abdelkader
> > <osama.abdelkader@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.
> >
> > So why is it better to use strscpy() in this particular case?
>
> Thanks for the review. Technically, there is no change since both have const buf size,
> it's just for consistency with other drivers.

$ cd linux-kernel-source
$ git grep strcpy | wc -l
1187

What kind of consistency do you mean?