linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ata: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in it821x_display

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Message-ID: <f6fa3655-c0e3-4c49-a970-22b3c68a0555@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:44:32 +0900
From: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>, Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in
 it821x_display_disk

On 10/18/25 19:51, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.
> 
> Replace the hard-coded buffer size 8 with sizeof(mbuf) when using
> snprintf() while we're at it.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>

Note: the patch title should be:

ata: pata_it821x: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in it821x_display_disk

Niklas can fix that when applying I think.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research