Simplify the code that doesn't need strncpy() since length of string is already computed.
/home/elmarco/src/qemu/hw/display/edid-generate.c: In function 'edid_desc_text': /home/elmarco/src/qemu/hw/display/edid-generate.c:168:5: error: 'strncpy' specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] strncpy((char *)(desc + 5), text, len); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/elmarco/src/qemu/hw/display/edid-generate.c:164:11: note: length computed here len = strlen(text); ^~~~~~~~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> --- hw/display/edid-generate.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/display/edid-generate.c b/hw/display/edid-generate.c index bdf5e1d4d4..77d9127344 100644 --- a/hw/display/edid-generate.c +++ b/hw/display/edid-generate.c @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void edid_desc_text(uint8_t *desc, uint8_t type, if (len > 12) { len = 12; } - strncpy((char *)(desc + 5), text, len); + memcpy(desc + 5, text, len); desc[5 + len] = '\n'; } -- 2.19.1.708.g4ede3d42df