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

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Message-ID: <aLh62dIWcHtWv2uj@osama>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 19:28:57 +0200
From: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: 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 03, 2025 at 04:21:35PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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?

I mean in thermal subsystem, it's only this one.