linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] thermal: hwmon: replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

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Message-ID: <a7dfd3da-fb55-411a-8410-062931c97e3d@arm.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:45:11 +0100
From: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
To: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 rafael@...nel.org, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, rui.zhang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] thermal: hwmon: replace deprecated strcpy() with
 strscpy()



On 9/3/25 20:20, Osama Abdelkader wrote:
> strcpy() is deprecated, use strscpy() instead for consistency with thermal
> subsystem since this is the only strcpy there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
> ---
> v2:
> Improve the commit msg: add that this is the only strcpy left in thermal subsystem
> ---
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
> index 0ecccd4d8556..64cc3ab949fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
> @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ thermal_hwmon_lookup_by_type(const struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
>   
>   	mutex_lock(&thermal_hwmon_list_lock);
>   	list_for_each_entry(hwmon, &thermal_hwmon_list, node) {
> -		strcpy(type, tz->type);
> +		strscpy(type, tz->type);
>   		strreplace(type, '-', '_');
>   		if (!strcmp(hwmon->type, type)) {
>   			mutex_unlock(&thermal_hwmon_list_lock);


LGTM, that was indeed the single occurrence in thermal sub-system.
Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>