Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2022-08-25

Re: [PATCH] kernel: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2022-08-19 17:04:58
Also in: bpf, linux-perf-users, lkml

On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:53:51 +0200
Wolfram Sang [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
But in my cases I actually do trust the source string. They are all  
The ultimate goal is to remove strlcpy entirely. My motivation is to get
rid of the extra work for maintainers that they need to ensure that the
author of a patch paid attention to the detail that the source string
must be trusted.
After reading Linus's rant, I figured as much.

-- Steve
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