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From: Kevin Paul Reddy Janagari <kevinpaul468@gmail.com>
To: robert.moore@intel.com, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, lenb@kernel.org
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, acpica-devel@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kevinpaul468@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] acpica: Removing deprecated strncpy()
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:05:17 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250414073517.57745-1-kevinpaul468@gmail.com> (raw)

This patch suggests the replacement of strncpy with strscpy
as per Documentation/process/deprecated.
The strncpy() fails to guarantee NULL termination,
The function adds zero pads which isn't really convenient for short strings
as it may cause performance issues.

strscpy() is a preferred replacement because
it overcomes the limitations of strncpy mentioned above.

Compile Tested

Signed-off-by: Kevin Paul Reddy Janagari <kevinpaul468@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c | 2 +-
 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c
index bb1be42daee1..648e68a31e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconvrt.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ acpi_ex_convert_to_buffer(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
 		/* Copy the string to the buffer */
 
 		new_buf = return_desc->buffer.pointer;
-		strncpy((char *)new_buf, (char *)obj_desc->string.pointer,
+		strscpy((char *)new_buf, (char *)obj_desc->string.pointer,
 			obj_desc->string.length);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
index 1c1b2e284bd9..5536d1755188 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ acpi_tb_find_table(char *signature,
 
 	memset(&header, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_table_header));
 	ACPI_COPY_NAMESEG(header.signature, signature);
-	strncpy(header.oem_id, oem_id, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
-	strncpy(header.oem_table_id, oem_table_id, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);
+	strscpy(header.oem_id, oem_id, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
+	strscpy(header.oem_table_id, oem_table_id, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);
 
 	/* Search for the table */
 
-- 
2.39.5


             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-14  7:35 UTC|newest]

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2025-04-14  7:35 Kevin Paul Reddy Janagari [this message]
2025-04-14 14:25 ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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