linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: Replace deprecated strcpy in cpufreq_unregister

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Message-ID: <20251017153354.82009-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:33:54 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: Replace deprecated strcpy in cpufreq_unregister_governor

strcpy() is deprecated; assign the NUL terminator directly instead.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 852e024facc3..0d3e77cf96a7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ void cpufreq_unregister_governor(struct cpufreq_governor *governor)
 	for_each_inactive_policy(policy) {
 		if (!strcmp(policy->last_governor, governor->name)) {
 			policy->governor = NULL;
-			strcpy(policy->last_governor, "\0");
+			policy->last_governor[0] = '\0';
 		}
 	}
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-- 
2.51.0