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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me,
	kch@nvidia.com, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
	~lkcamp/patches@lists.sr.ht
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet: replace strncpy with strscpy
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 06:27:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250403042737.GE22360@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250401004748.29172-1-marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 09:47:28PM -0300, Marcelo Moreira wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated due to its lack of NULL-termination
> guarantees and unnecessary zero-padding of the destination buffer.
> Use strscpy() instead.

Nothing explains here why it is deprecated and why the replacement
is better.  And why using memcpy or a seq_buf wasn't considered.

> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90

And these kinds of links are actively harmful as the point a
commercial entity that can be taken down or changed at any time.
Don't do that.


      reply	other threads:[~2025-04-03  4:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-01  0:47 [PATCH] nvmet: replace strncpy with strscpy Marcelo Moreira
2025-04-03  4:27 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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