[PATCH] crypto: hifn_795x - Replace snprintf("%s") with strscpy

[PATCH] crypto: hifn_795x - Replace snprintf("%s") with strscpy

[Thorsten Blum]

Replace snprintf("%s", ...) with the faster and more direct strscpy().
Check if the return value is less than 0 to detect string truncation.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c
index edf36f6add52..afea061c3070 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/hw_random.h>
@@ -2256,8 +2257,7 @@ static int hifn_alg_alloc(struct hifn_device *dev, const struct hifn_alg_templat
 	alg->alg.init = hifn_init_tfm;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (snprintf(alg->alg.base.cra_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
-		     "%s", t->name) >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME)
+	if (strscpy(alg->alg.base.cra_name, t->name) < 0)
 		goto out_free_alg;
 	if (snprintf(alg->alg.base.cra_driver_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
 		     "%s-%s", t->drv_name, dev->name) >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME)
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ static int hifn_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->alg_list);
 
-	snprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "%s", name);
+	strscpy(dev->name, name);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {

Re: [PATCH] crypto: hifn_795x - Replace snprintf("%s") with strscpy

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 12:27:05PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace snprintf("%s", ...) with the faster and more direct strscpy().
> Check if the return value is less than 0 to detect string truncation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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