From: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>,
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
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Cc: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] drivers: add deprecated remarks to strlcat()
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 18:30:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514163033.108009-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514160719.105084-3-manuelebner@mailbox.org>
add kernel-doc comment to strlcat() function definitions
Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
---
lib/string.c | 11 +++++++++++
tools/include/nolibc/string.h | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index b632c71df1a5..0a44ca5ca7e6 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -249,6 +249,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncat);
#endif
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCAT
+/**
+ * strlcat - Append a string to an existing string
+ *
+ * @dest: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append to
+ * @src: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append from
+ * @count: Maximum bytes available in @dest
+ *
+ * Do not use this function. Prefer building the string with
+ * formatting, via scnprintf(), seq_buf, or similar.
+ *
+ */
size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
size_t dsize = strlen(dest);
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/string.h b/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
index 4000926f44ac..1a4b51135705 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@ char *strndup(const char *str, size_t maxlen)
}
static __attribute__((unused))
+/**
+ * strlcat - Append a string to an existing string
+ *
+ * @dst: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append to
+ * @src: pointer to %NUL-terminated string to append from
+ * @size: Maximum bytes available in @dst
+ *
+ * Do not use this function. Prefer building the string with
+ * formatting, via scnprintf(), seq_buf, or similar.
+ *
+ */
size_t strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size)
{
size_t len = strnlen(dst, size);
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 16:07 [PATCH v2 0/3] Doc, scripts: facilitate phaseout of strlcat Manuel Ebner
2026-05-14 16:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Doc: deprecated.rst: add strlcat() Manuel Ebner
2026-05-14 16:31 ` Kees Cook
2026-05-14 17:51 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-05-14 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] scripts: checkpatch.pl: add warning for strlcat() Manuel Ebner
2026-05-14 16:32 ` Kees Cook
2026-05-14 16:30 ` Manuel Ebner [this message]
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