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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ACPI support fixes and cleanups for 7.2-rc1
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:38:54 +0200
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On Monday, June 29, 2026 3:15:12 PM CEST Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, June 29, 2026 2:22:51 PM CEST Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 10:14=E2=80=AFPM Linus Torvalds
> > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 at 10:54, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> w=
rote:
> > >=20
> > > How about just adding a trivial strncpy_pad() to
> > > <acpi/platform/acenv.h> or something. A place that already knows about
> > > the whole "I'm building the app side" now.
> > >
> > > Hmm?
> >=20
> > Something like that or define acpi_ut_safe_strncpy() as an alias for
> > strncpy_pad() when that's available.
> >=20
> > I'll figure this out.

Interestingly enough, the ACPICA tools don't even call acpi_ut_safe_strncpy=
(),
so if it is defined as an strncpy_pad() alias, the original definition of it
can be dropped entirely.

I'm going to make this change.