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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:10:33 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Replace strncpy() with strnlen()+memcpy() in
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 09:31:09AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> And please keep ignoring it.
> It's not broken. Don't fix it.

Okay. I'm confused, though: what's your plan for when strncpy is removed
from the kernel?

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Kees Cook