netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/rds: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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Message-ID: <20230109194834.24e06def@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 19:48:34 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Cc:     <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        <rds-devel@....oracle.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xu.panda@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/rds: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 19:48:43 +0800 (CST) yang.yang29@....com.cn wrote:
>  		BUG_ON(strlen(names[i]) >= sizeof(ctr.name));
> -		strncpy(ctr.name, names[i], sizeof(ctr.name) - 1);
> -		ctr.name[sizeof(ctr.name) - 1] = '\0';
> +		strscpy(ctr.name, names[i], sizeof(ctr.name));

You can make use of the fact that strscpy returns useful information
and the copy and the preceding BUG_ON() together.