netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] netfilter: nf_tables: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 17:41:01 -0700
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, 
	coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] netfilter: nf_tables: refactor deprecated strncpy

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 4:40 PM Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> wrote:
>
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> wrote:
> > Prefer `strscpy` over `strncpy`.
>
> Just like all other nft_*.c changes, this relies on zeroing
> the remaining buffer, so please use strscpy_pad if this is
> really needed for some reason.
I'm soon sending a v2 series that prefers `strscpy_pad` to `strscpy`
as per Florian and Kees' feedback.

It should be noted that there was a similar refactor that took place
in this tree as well [1]. Wolfram Sang opted for `strscpy` as a
replacement to `strlcpy`. I assume the zero-padding is not needed in
such instances, right?

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220818210224.8563-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com/

Thanks.