On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:26 PM Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> wrote: > > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees > NUL-termination on the destination buffer whilst maintaining the > NUL-padding behavior that `strncpy` provides. This may not be strictly > necessary but as I couldn't understand what this code does I wanted to > ensure that the functionality is the same. > > 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-harden...@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> > --- > Note: build-tested only. > --- > drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c > index 15f63452a9be..b303309a63cf 100644 > --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c > +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c > @@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_store(struct device > *dev, > if (copy_count == 0 || copy_count >= sizeof(rank->dimm->label)) > return -EINVAL; > > - strncpy(rank->dimm->label, data, copy_count); > - rank->dimm->label[copy_count] = '\0'; > + strscpy_pad(rank->dimm->label, data, copy_count); > > return count; > } > > --- > base-commit: 2dde18cd1d8fac735875f2e4987f11817cc0bc2c > change-id: 20230913-strncpy-drivers-edac-edac_mc_sysfs-c-e619b00124a3 > > Best regards, > -- > Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> >
I typo'd my grep and initially missed refactoring another instance of strncpy in this same file. v2 [1] resolves this. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230913-strncpy-drivers-edac-edac_mc_sysfs-c-v2-1-2d2e6bd43...@google.com
