[PATCH] caif_usb: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy()

Subsystems: networking [general], the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-01-10 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] caif_usb: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy()

From: Xiongfeng Wang <hidden>
Date: 2018-01-09 11:53:09

From: Xiongfeng Wang <redacted>

gcc-8 reports

net/caif/caif_usb.c: In function 'cfusbl_device_notify':
./include/linux/string.h:245:9: warning: '__builtin_strncpy' output may
be truncated copying 15 bytes from a string of length 15
[-Wstringop-truncation]

The compiler require that the input param 'len' of strncpy() should be
greater than the length of the src string, so that '\0' is copied as
well. We can just use strlcpy() to avoid this warning.

Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <redacted>
---
 net/caif/caif_usb.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_usb.c b/net/caif/caif_usb.c
index 5cd44f0..1a082a9 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_usb.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_usb.c
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ static int cfusbl_device_notify(struct notifier_block *me, unsigned long what,
 		dev_add_pack(&caif_usb_type);
 	pack_added = true;
 
-	strncpy(layer->name, dev->name,
-			sizeof(layer->name) - 1);
-	layer->name[sizeof(layer->name) - 1] = 0;
+	strlcpy(layer->name, dev->name, sizeof(layer->name));
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [PATCH] caif_usb: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy()

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2018-01-10 20:06:31

From: Xiongfeng Wang <redacted>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 19:58:18 +0800
From: Xiongfeng Wang <redacted>

gcc-8 reports

net/caif/caif_usb.c: In function 'cfusbl_device_notify':
./include/linux/string.h:245:9: warning: '__builtin_strncpy' output may
be truncated copying 15 bytes from a string of length 15
[-Wstringop-truncation]

The compiler require that the input param 'len' of strncpy() should be
greater than the length of the src string, so that '\0' is copied as
well. We can just use strlcpy() to avoid this warning.

Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <redacted>
Applied.
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