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* [PATCH] staging: greybus: Replace strncpy with strscpy
@ 2026-08-03  1:26 Noah Techoueyres
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From: Noah Techoueyres @ 2026-08-03  1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: johan, elder, gregkh; +Cc: greybus-dev, linux-staging, Noah Techoueyres

 Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy() to improve string
  handling safety. strscpy() guarantees null-termination and is
  the preferred function per the kernel string handling guidelines.

Signed-off-by: Noah Techoueyres <noahtechoueyres@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/greybus/Documentation/firmware/firmware.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/Documentation/firmware/firmware.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/Documentation/firmware/firmware.c
index 3b35ef6d4adb..669185706744 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/Documentation/firmware/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/Documentation/firmware/firmware.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int update_intf_firmware(int fd)
 	intf_load.major = 0;
 	intf_load.minor = 0;
 
-	strncpy((char *)&intf_load.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
+	strscpy((char *)&intf_load.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
 		GB_FIRMWARE_U_TAG_MAX_SIZE);
 
 	ret = ioctl(fd, FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_LOAD_AND_VALIDATE, &intf_load);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int update_backend_firmware(int fd)
 	/* Get Backend Firmware Version */
 	printf("Getting Backend Firmware Version\n");
 
-	strncpy((char *)&backend_fw_info.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
+	strscpy((char *)&backend_fw_info.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
 		GB_FIRMWARE_U_TAG_MAX_SIZE);
 
 retry_fw_version:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int update_backend_firmware(int fd)
 	/* Try Backend Firmware Update over Unipro */
 	printf("Updating Backend Firmware\n");
 
-	strncpy((char *)&backend_update.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
+	strscpy((char *)&backend_update.firmware_tag, firmware_tag,
 		GB_FIRMWARE_U_TAG_MAX_SIZE);
 
 retry_fw_update:
-- 
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