linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] platform/surface: Replace deprecated strcpy() in surface_button

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Message-Id: <176770718089.2365.17181925544709248266.b4-ty@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:46:20 +0200
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, 
 Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>, 
 Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/surface: Replace deprecated strcpy() in
 surface_button_add()

On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:50:46 +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:

> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
> on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace
> it with the safer strscpy().  No functional changes.
> 
> 


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] platform/surface: Replace deprecated strcpy() in surface_button_add()
      commit: 1716c1e0860b42980f338b69b974149d035582ca

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