linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with helper function in kdb

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Message-Id: <10062259-AB0E-471F-A992-0999E0CC02CF@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 12:28:09 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
 Daniel Thompson <danielt@...nel.org>,
 Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
 Nir Lichtman <nir@...htman.org>,
 Yuran Pereira <yuran.pereira@...mail.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Zhang Heng <zhangheng@...inos.cn>,
 "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
 Daniel Thompson <daniel@...cstar.com>,
 kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with helper
 function in kdb_defcmd()

Hi Daniel,

On 19. Aug 2025, at 11:59, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() is deprecated; use the new helper function kdb_strdup_dequote()
> instead. In addition to string duplication similar to kdb_strdup(), it
> also trims surrounding quotes from the input string if present.
> 
> kdb_strdup_dequote() also checks for a trailing quote in the input
> string which was previously not checked.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---

Could you give this series another look? All four patches have been
reviewed by Doug and it still applies to -next.

Thanks,
Thorsten