From: Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>
To: cem@kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] xfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:17:07 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250827221830.23032-1-marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com> (raw)
The changes modernizes the code by aligning it with current kernel best
practices. It improves code clarity and consistency, as strncpy is deprecated
as explained in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. This change does
not alter the functionality or introduce any behavioral changes.
Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- Fixing some errors in the commit message.
Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/CAPZ3m_iNj2zwpAovv3BTz8gNp5XzdxSRHBFonM9sJvaSjYVBeg@mail.gmail.com/T/#t
fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c
index 953ce7be78dc..5902398185a8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ xrep_symlink_salvage_inline(
return 0;
nr = min(XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN, xfs_inode_data_fork_size(ip));
- strncpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr);
+ memcpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr);
return nr;
}
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-27 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-27 22:17 Marcelo Moreira [this message]
2025-08-28 14:54 ` [PATCH v3] xfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy Darrick J. Wong
2025-09-05 9:16 ` Carlos Maiolino
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