Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2024-11-12

Re: [PATCH] set_cmdline: replace fragile/deprecated strncpy with strscpy

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2024-11-12 21:12:31
Also in: lkml

On Mon,  4 Nov 2024 23:20:07 -0800
Daniel Yang [off-list ref] wrote:
Kernel docs identify strncpy as being fragile and ambiguous. Replaced
strncpy with strscpy so dest str is null terminated and not padded.
Already been updated:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20241031120139.1343025-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/ (local)

-- Steve
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Daniel Yang <redacted>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
index 8a407adb0..573b5d8e8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static inline char *get_saved_cmdlines(int idx)
 
 static inline void set_cmdline(int idx, const char *cmdline)
 {
-	strncpy(get_saved_cmdlines(idx), cmdline, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+	strscpy(get_saved_cmdlines(idx), cmdline, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 }
 
 static void free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(struct saved_cmdlines_buffer *s)
  
Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help