Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2023-10-10

Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Date: 2023-10-10 22:08:00
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On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 10:43:59PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
Let's replace strncpy in favor of this more robust and easier to
understand interface.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
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