From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] drivers: replace strncpy with strlcpy
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:33:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623103309.50529876@phoenix.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623165150.765443-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:51:30 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> Many uses of strncpy in DPDK drivers can be directly replaced by
> a call to strlcpy instead, which is safer in that it always null-
> terminates the string. This AI assisted patchset makes those
> simple replacements, adjusting lengths as appropriate.
>
> After this set, there are still a number of drivers with strncpy calls
> in them, but those are not simple strncpy->strlcpy replacements, so
> left for later rework.
Maybe a coccinelle script?
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-23 16:51 [PATCH 00/17] drivers: replace strncpy with strlcpy Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 01/17] common/cnxk: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 02/17] common/mlx5: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 03/17] crypto/mvsam: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 04/17] crypto/scheduler: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:59 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 05/17] event/cnxk: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 06/17] net/ark: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 07/17] net/bnx2x: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 08/17] net/cnxk: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 09/17] net/dpaa: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 10/17] net/ionic: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 11/17] net/mlx4: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 12/17] net/mlx5: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 13/17] net/nfp: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 14/17] net/qede: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 17:02 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 15/17] net/softnic: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 16/17] net/vhost: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 16:51 ` [PATCH 17/17] net/virtio: " Bruce Richardson
2026-06-23 17:33 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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