netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/5] net: ena: Changes around strscpy calls

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Message-ID: <20240513093514.GH2787@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 10:35:14 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: darinzon@...zon.com
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.com>,
	"Machulsky, Zorik" <zorik@...zon.com>,
	"Matushevsky, Alexander" <matua@...zon.com>,
	Saeed Bshara <saeedb@...zon.com>, "Wilson, Matt" <msw@...zon.com>,
	"Liguori, Anthony" <aliguori@...zon.com>,
	"Bshara, Nafea" <nafea@...zon.com>,
	"Belgazal, Netanel" <netanel@...zon.com>,
	"Saidi, Ali" <alisaidi@...zon.com>,
	"Herrenschmidt, Benjamin" <benh@...zon.com>,
	"Kiyanovski, Arthur" <akiyano@...zon.com>,
	"Dagan, Noam" <ndagan@...zon.com>,
	"Agroskin, Shay" <shayagr@...zon.com>,
	"Itzko, Shahar" <itzko@...zon.com>,
	"Abboud, Osama" <osamaabb@...zon.com>,
	"Ostrovsky, Evgeny" <evostrov@...zon.com>,
	"Tabachnik, Ofir" <ofirt@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/5] net: ena: Changes around strscpy calls

On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 01:46:36PM +0000, darinzon@...zon.com wrote:
> From: David Arinzon <darinzon@...zon.com>
> 
> strscpy copies as much of the string as possible,
> meaning that the destination string will be truncated
> in case of no space. As this is a non-critical error in
> our case, adding a debug level print for indication.
> 
> This patch also removes a -1 which was added to ensure
> enough space for NUL, but strscpy destination string is
> guaranteed to be NUL-terminted, therefore, the -1 is
> not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Arinzon <darinzon@...zon.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>