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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:23:59 -0400
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:53:51 +0200
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> wrote:

> > But in my cases I actually do trust the source string. They are all  
> 
> The ultimate goal is to remove strlcpy entirely. My motivation is to get
> rid of the extra work for maintainers that they need to ensure that the
> author of a patch paid attention to the detail that the source string
> must be trusted.

After reading Linus's rant, I figured as much.

-- Steve