netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: tja11xx: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool

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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:30:27 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: tja11xx: replace deprecated strncpy with
 ethtool_sprintf

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:25:12 +0000 you wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
> 
> ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
> Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: phy: tja11xx: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c3983d5e99b2

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