netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: ipconfig: replace strncpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <CAH4c4jJHiacPDWSS_S17WpAqkRNKBi7P=9f_QJdc8Cs=A4Zhhw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 19:52:28 +0530
From: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, dsahern@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, 
	pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: ipconfig: replace strncpy with strscpy

On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:18:59 +0530 Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> > Replace the deprecated strncpy() with strscpy() as the destination
> > buffer is NUL-terminated and does not require any
> > trailing NUL-padding. Also increase the length to 252
> > as NUL-termination is guaranteed.
>
> Petr is making functional changes to this code:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250610143504.731114-1-petr.zejdl@cern.ch/
> Please repost once his work is merged to avoid unnecessary conflicts
> --
> pw-bot: defer

Hi,

I hope you're doing well.

I noticed that Petr’s patch has not seen any updates for some time now.
I wanted to kindly ask if it would be appropriate to repost my patch
at this point
or if I should continue to wait until his changes are merged.

Thank you for your time and guidance.

Regards
Pranav Tyagi