From: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
To: apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com, dwaipayanray1@gmail.com,
lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com
Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: suppress strscpy warnings for userspace tools
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:20:44 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250727125044.101779-1-suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com> (raw)
The checkpatch.pl script currently warns against the use of strcpy,
strlcpy, and strncpy, recommending strscpy as a safer alternative.
However, these warnings are also triggered for code under tools/ and
scripts/, which are userspace utilities where strscpy is not available.
This patch suppresses these warnings for files in tools/ and scripts/.
Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
Changes since v1:
- Create is_userspace function to check if the file is in userspace
directories
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e722dd6fa8ef..472cd8aac9c3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7019,20 +7019,24 @@ sub process {
# }
# }
+ sub is_userspace {
+ my ($file) = @_;
+ return ($file =~ m@\btools/@ || $file =~ m@\bscripts/@);
+ }
# strcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
- if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strlcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
- if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRLCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strlcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strncpy uses that should likely be strscpy or strscpy_pad
- if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRNCPY",
"Prefer strscpy, strscpy_pad, or __nonstring over strncpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90\n" . $herecurr);
}
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-27 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-27 12:50 Suchit Karunakaran [this message]
2025-07-29 10:24 ` [PATCH v2] checkpatch: suppress strscpy warnings for userspace tools Joe Perches
2025-07-29 11:45 ` Suchit Karunakaran
2025-07-29 13:44 ` Joe Perches
2025-07-29 14:44 ` Suchit Karunakaran
2025-07-29 14:59 ` Suchit Karunakaran
2025-07-29 16:08 ` Joe Perches
2025-07-29 14:42 ` Markus Elfring
2025-07-29 14:45 ` Suchit Karunakaran
2025-07-29 14:55 ` Greg KH
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