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On Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:34:20 +0100 David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > True - don't look at what strlcpy() can generate.
> > > The inline code should just get the constants from the compiler and
> > > then call the appropriate function.  
> > 
> > I can't actually find an in-kernel strlcpy()?
> 
> That is because I meant strscpy() :-)
> 
> In particular https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.0/source/include/linux/fortify-string.h#L275
> Particularly once it gets as far as calling strnlen().

Oh geeze, why did we do that.  This is the kernel - string functions
aren't fastpath!  Someone please move all that gunk into lib/string.c!

We'll still need some macro if we are to retain the (imo silly)
omit-arg3-if-its-an-array trick.