Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] ACPI: processor: idle: Replace strlcat() with better alternative

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 07:31:54PM +0000, Josh Law wrote:
> 
> 
> >Thank you for confirming, this is basically the message to Josh to find
> >users and start converting them and kill strlcat() eventually. Josh, as
> >you see it will be well appreciated!
> 
> Thank you! But the only reason I'm not doing it is because if I submit all of
> the patches, let's say, 50 gets merged (including strings.c) and like 50
> don't, then 50 will have a nonexistent/slow API because they chose to not
> merge my patch

Huh?! Even if you do 50%, it will still be appreciated as it's not a job that
has to be done in one cycle. Also we expect to have a constructive feedback
from the maintainers. Killing an old and confusing API is a good justification
and it will be rare maintainer even thinking to tell against. The feedback
may be given to the implementation and how to improve or adjust, but believe
close to 0 maintainers will say a word against dropping strlcat().

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko