linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] partitions/ibm: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:09:09 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Stefan Haberland <sth@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jan Hoeppner <hoeppner@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] partitions/ibm: refactor deprecated strncpy


On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:59:26 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it
> guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is
> _not_ the case for `strncpy`!
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] partitions/ibm: refactor deprecated strncpy
      commit: 674576f8af1b34d7babade11082c392bcb6081b7

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe