linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] thermal: core: Use strnlen in thermal_zone_device_register_with

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0inW7X5q7m+5Kqm0gzVAiWRrcjFFe5ZyDYKgQrgwJsuNA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 21:29:47 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, 
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] thermal: core: Use strnlen in thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> Replace strlen() with the safer strnlen() and calculate the length of
> the thermal zone name 'type' only once.  No functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Format the code differently (Rafael)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251215121633.375193-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 17ca5c082643..90e7edf16a52 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -1505,15 +1505,19 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
>         const struct thermal_trip *trip = trips;
>         struct thermal_zone_device *tz;
>         struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
> +       size_t type_len = 0;
>         int id;
>         int result;
>
> -       if (!type || strlen(type) == 0) {
> +       if (type)
> +               type_len = strnlen(type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
> +
> +       if (type_len == 0) {
>                 pr_err("No thermal zone type defined\n");
>                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>         }
>
> -       if (strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) {
> +       if (type_len == THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) {
>                 pr_err("Thermal zone name (%s) too long, should be under %d chars\n",
>                        type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
>                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> --

Applied as 6.20 material, thanks!