netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] staging: Fix some warnings from strncpy()

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Message-ID: <20180827174807.GA27089@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:48:07 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] staging: Fix some warnings from strncpy()

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:51:22PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> When the size argument in a call to strncpy() is the size of the
> destimation, gcc8 issues a warning. These patches fix the potential
> problem by replacing the strncpy() with strlcpy().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> 
> 
> Larry Finger (2):
>   staging: rtl8192e: Fix compiler warning about strncpy
>   staging: rtl8712u: Fix compiler warning about strncpy
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c     | 4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I'm guessing you will send a second set of this patch series, right?
This one is now dropped, thanks.

greg k-h