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* [PATCH] bcachefs: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
@ 2024-11-13  7:42 Daniel Yang
  2024-11-14  2:21 ` Kent Overstreet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Yang @ 2024-11-13  7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kent Overstreet, open list:BCACHEFS, open list; +Cc: Daniel Yang

The function strncpy is deprecated due to not guaranteeing the
destination buffer will be NULL-terminated. The recommended replacement
is to use strscpy().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Yang <danielyangkang@gmail.com>
---
 fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
index 9bf471fa4..37e98695b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static noinline void journal_transaction_name(struct btree_trans *trans)
 	struct jset_entry_log *l =
 		container_of(entry, struct jset_entry_log, entry);
 
-	strncpy(l->d, trans->fn, JSET_ENTRY_LOG_U64s * sizeof(u64));
+	strscpy(l->d, trans->fn, JSET_ENTRY_LOG_U64s * sizeof(u64));
 }
 
 static inline int btree_key_can_insert(struct btree_trans *trans,
-- 
2.39.5


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* Re: [PATCH] bcachefs: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
  2024-11-13  7:42 [PATCH] bcachefs: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy Daniel Yang
@ 2024-11-14  2:21 ` Kent Overstreet
  2024-11-14  7:55   ` Daniel Yang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kent Overstreet @ 2024-11-14  2:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Daniel Yang; +Cc: open list:BCACHEFS, open list

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:42:48PM -0800, Daniel Yang wrote:
> The function strncpy is deprecated due to not guaranteeing the
> destination buffer will be NULL-terminated. The recommended replacement
> is to use strscpy().

strncpy is correct here, we don't need the output to be nul terminated

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] bcachefs: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
  2024-11-14  2:21 ` Kent Overstreet
@ 2024-11-14  7:55   ` Daniel Yang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Yang @ 2024-11-14  7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kent Overstreet; +Cc: open list:BCACHEFS, open list

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 6:21 PM Kent Overstreet
<kent.overstreet@linux.dev> wrote:
> strncpy is correct here, we don't need the output to be nul terminated

If dest is not NULL terminated, then core API recommends using strtomem instead.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

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