From: Muhammad Qasim Abdul Majeed <qasim.majeed20@gmail.com>
To: rafael@kernel.org, lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Muhammad Qasim Abdul Majeed <qasim.majeed20@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] Updating a deprecated use of strcpy.
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 13:41:25 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240703084124.11530-1-qasim.majeed20@gmail.com> (raw)
Replacing strcpy with strscpy.
strcpy is a deprecated function.
It should be removed from the kernel source.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Qasim Abdul Majeed <qasim.majeed20@gmail.com>
> Replacing strcpy with strscpy and memory bound the copy.
> Why? In this particular case, it is not fundamentally necessary.
> strcpy is a deprecated function. It should be removed from the kernel source.
> If the goal is to get rid of all strcpy() calls from the kernel
> because using it is generally unsafe, just say so in the changelog and
> it will be fine.
changelog has been updated.
> So is it necessary to use the size argument here and below?
Size argument is not necessary as destination is an array of 40 bytes. Patch has been updated.
> for that to work, shouldn't the size of the *destination* buffer be
> passed, instead of the length of the string we want to copy?
Yes, size of the destination should be passed.
> Not tested, but the 3rd argument of strscpy () is optional.
> (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc6/source/include/linux/string.h#L87),
> so maybe just:
> strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME);
Thank you for sharing the reference, this suggestion will do the work and accomodated in the patch.
---
v2 -> v3: Changelog has been updated. size argument has been removed.
drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 1fda30388297..8274a17872ed 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -1128,8 +1128,8 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_get_one_device(struct acpi_device *device, void *arg)
return -ENOMEM;
}
- strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME);
- strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
+ strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME);
+ strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
data->device_id = device_id;
data->video = video;
@@ -2010,8 +2010,8 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device)
}
video->device = device;
- strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_BUS_NAME);
- strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
+ strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_BUS_NAME);
+ strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
device->driver_data = video;
acpi_video_bus_find_cap(video);
--
2.34.1
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