From: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: locking.rst: update deprecated function
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 19:54:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260531175452.272136-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org> (raw)
replace strcpy() with strscpy() as suggested in deprecated.rst
Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
---
Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index dff0646a717b..d625b522265a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ to protect the cache and all the objects within it. Here's the code::
obj = __cache_find(id);
if (obj) {
ret = 0;
- strcpy(name, obj->name);
+ strscpy(name, obj->name);
}
mutex_unlock(&cache_lock);
return ret;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ which are taken away, and the ``+`` are lines which are added.
obj = __cache_find(id);
if (obj) {
ret = 0;
- strcpy(name, obj->name);
+ strscpy(name, obj->name);
}
- mutex_unlock(&cache_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cache_lock, flags);
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ Here is the code::
obj = __cache_find(id);
- if (obj) {
- ret = 0;
- - strcpy(name, obj->name);
+ - strscpy(name, obj->name);
- }
+ if (obj)
+ __object_get(obj);
--
2.54.0
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