linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/irdma: replace deprecated strncpy

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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:29:42 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>,
 Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
 Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/irdma: replace deprecated strncpy


On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:36:26 +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.
> 
> A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it
> guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] RDMA/irdma: replace deprecated strncpy
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/f0cc82ca116f5b

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>