From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,piaojun@huawei.com,mark@fasheh.com,junxiao.bi@oracle.com,joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com,jlbec@evilplan.org,gechangwei@live.cn,thorsten.blum@linux.dev,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-nonmm-stable] ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:33:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251209193318.3582DC4CEF5@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: ocfs2: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Subject: ocfs2: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:44:15 +0100
strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking on
the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace it
with the safer strscpy(). No functional changes.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251126114419.92539-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@live.cn>
Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 5 +++--
fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c | 3 ++-
fs/ocfs2/dir.c | 10 +++++-----
fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 3 ++-
fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c | 3 ++-
fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c | 3 ++-
6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/quotaops.h>
@@ -1037,7 +1038,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(han
memset(bhs[i]->b_data, 0, osb->sb->s_blocksize);
eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) bhs[i]->b_data;
/* Ok, setup the minimal stuff here. */
- strcpy(eb->h_signature, OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(eb->h_signature, OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
eb->h_blkno = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
eb->h_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
eb->h_suballoc_slot =
@@ -6746,7 +6747,7 @@ static int ocfs2_reuse_blk_from_dealloc(
/* We can't guarantee that buffer head is still cached, so
* polutlate the extent block again.
*/
- strcpy(eb->h_signature, OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(eb->h_signature, OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
eb->h_blkno = cpu_to_le64(bf->free_blk);
eb->h_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
eb->h_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(real_slot);
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/configfs.h>
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ static struct config_item *o2nm_node_gro
if (node == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- strcpy(node->nd_name, name); /* use item.ci_namebuf instead? */
+ strscpy(node->nd_name, name); /* use item.ci_namebuf instead? */
config_item_init_type_name(&node->nd_item, name, &o2nm_node_type);
spin_lock_init(&node->nd_lock);
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void ocfs2_init_dir_trailer(struc
struct ocfs2_dir_block_trailer *trailer;
trailer = ocfs2_trailer_from_bh(bh, inode->i_sb);
- strcpy(trailer->db_signature, OCFS2_DIR_TRAILER_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(trailer->db_signature, OCFS2_DIR_TRAILER_SIGNATURE);
trailer->db_compat_rec_len =
cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct ocfs2_dir_block_trailer));
trailer->db_parent_dinode = cpu_to_le64(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -2213,14 +2213,14 @@ static struct ocfs2_dir_entry *ocfs2_fil
de->name_len = 1;
de->rec_len =
cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len));
- strcpy(de->name, ".");
+ strscpy(de->name, ".");
ocfs2_set_de_type(de, S_IFDIR);
de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) ((char *)de + le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
de->inode = cpu_to_le64(OCFS2_I(parent)->ip_blkno);
de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(size - OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1));
de->name_len = 2;
- strcpy(de->name, "..");
+ strscpy(de->name, "..");
ocfs2_set_de_type(de, S_IFDIR);
return de;
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(str
dx_root = (struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *)dx_root_bh->b_data;
memset(dx_root, 0, osb->sb->s_blocksize);
- strcpy(dx_root->dr_signature, OCFS2_DX_ROOT_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(dx_root->dr_signature, OCFS2_DX_ROOT_SIGNATURE);
dx_root->dr_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(meta_ac->ac_alloc_slot);
dx_root->dr_suballoc_loc = cpu_to_le64(suballoc_loc);
dx_root->dr_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(dr_suballoc_bit);
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_format_cluster(s
dx_leaf = (struct ocfs2_dx_leaf *) bh->b_data;
memset(dx_leaf, 0, osb->sb->s_blocksize);
- strcpy(dx_leaf->dl_signature, OCFS2_DX_LEAF_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(dx_leaf->dl_signature, OCFS2_DX_LEAF_SIGNATURE);
dx_leaf->dl_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
dx_leaf->dl_blkno = cpu_to_le64(bh->b_blocknr);
dx_leaf->dl_list.de_count =
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/quotaops.h>
#include <linux/iversion.h>
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct i
ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
fe->i_last_eb_blk = 0;
- strcpy(fe->i_signature, OCFS2_INODE_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(fe->i_signature, OCFS2_INODE_SIGNATURE);
fe->i_flags |= cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_VALID_FL);
ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64(&ts);
fe->i_atime = fe->i_ctime = fe->i_mtime =
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ static int __init ocfs2_stack_glue_init(
{
int ret;
- strcpy(cluster_stack_name, OCFS2_STACK_PLUGIN_O2CB);
+ strscpy(cluster_stack_name, OCFS2_STACK_PLUGIN_O2CB);
ocfs2_table_header = register_sysctl("fs/ocfs2/nm", ocfs2_nm_table);
if (!ocfs2_table_header) {
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c~ocfs2-replace-deprecated-strcpy-with-strscpy
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_fill(handle
}
memset(bg, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
- strcpy(bg->bg_signature, OCFS2_GROUP_DESC_SIGNATURE);
+ strscpy(bg->bg_signature, OCFS2_GROUP_DESC_SIGNATURE);
bg->bg_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
bg->bg_size = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_group_bitmap_size(sb, 1,
osb->s_feature_incompat));
_
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