netdev - RE: [net 4/6] i40e: Cleaning up missing null-terminate in conjunction with strncpy

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:43:33 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Jeff Kirsher' <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [net 4/6] i40e: Cleaning up missing null-terminate in
 conjunction with strncpy

From: Jeff Kirsher
> From: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> 
> Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate.
...
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index 2ac8f45..871474f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -4415,13 +4415,13 @@ static void i40e_print_link_message(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, bool isup)
> 
>  	switch (vsi->back->hw.phy.link_info.link_speed) {
>  	case I40E_LINK_SPEED_40GB:
> -		strncpy(speed, "40 Gbps", SPEED_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(speed, "40 Gbps", SPEED_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	case I40E_LINK_SPEED_10GB:
> -		strncpy(speed, "10 Gbps", SPEED_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(speed, "10 Gbps", SPEED_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	case I40E_LINK_SPEED_1GB:
> -		strncpy(speed, "1000 Mbps", SPEED_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(speed, "1000 Mbps", SPEED_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		break;

Could 'speed' be change to be a 'const char *' ?
(and 'fc' below).

	David

> @@ -4429,16 +4429,16 @@ static void i40e_print_link_message(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, bool isup)
> 
>  	switch (vsi->back->hw.fc.current_mode) {
>  	case I40E_FC_FULL:
> -		strncpy(fc, "RX/TX", FC_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(fc, "RX/TX", FC_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	case I40E_FC_TX_PAUSE:
> -		strncpy(fc, "TX", FC_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(fc, "TX", FC_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	case I40E_FC_RX_PAUSE:
> -		strncpy(fc, "RX", FC_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(fc, "RX", FC_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	default:
> -		strncpy(fc, "None", FC_SIZE);
> +		strlcpy(fc, "None", FC_SIZE);
>  		break;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -5839,7 +5839,7 @@ static void i40e_send_version(struct i40e_pf *pf)
>  	dv.minor_version = DRV_VERSION_MINOR;
>  	dv.build_version = DRV_VERSION_BUILD;
>  	dv.subbuild_version = 0;
> -	strncpy(dv.driver_string, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(dv.driver_string));
> +	strlcpy(dv.driver_string, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(dv.driver_string));
>  	i40e_aq_send_driver_version(&pf->hw, &dv, NULL);
>  }
> 
> --
> 1.9.3
> 
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