netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] scsi: mpt3sas: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <202402231605.3DABED3@keescook>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:05:39 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] scsi: mpt3sas: replace deprecated strncpy with
 strscpy

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 10:23:07PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> The replacement in mpt3sas_base.c is a trivial one because desc is
> already zero-initialized meaning there is no functional change here.
> 
> For mpt3sas_transport.c, we know edev is zero-initialized as well while
> manufacture_reply comes from dma_alloc_coherent(). No functional change
> here either.
> 
> For all cases, use the more idiomatic strscpy() usage of:
> strscpy(dest, src, sizeof(dest))
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook