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From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
To: Nancy Nyambura <nicymimz@gmail.com>
Cc: nicydaniels@gmail.com, outreachy@lists.linux.dev,
	 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rts5208: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() for appropriate string copying in rtsx_scsi line 524 warning: found by checkpatch.pl script
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:36:52 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2310300735480.3533@hadrien> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231029191647.44127-1-nicymimz@gmail.com>

It looks like the entire log message ended up in the subject line.  The
subject line should give a concise summary of what is done.  The log
message should give more detail about what you are doing and why.

julia

On Sun, 29 Oct 2023, Nancy Nyambura wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Nancy Nyambura <nicymimz@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx_scsi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx_scsi.c b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx_scsi.c
> index 08bd768ad34d..52324b8ebbc7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx_scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx_scsi.c
> @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int inquiry(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct rtsx_chip *chip)
>
>  	if (sendbytes > 8) {
>  		memcpy(buf, inquiry_buf, 8);
> -		strncpy(buf + 8, inquiry_string, sendbytes - 8);
> +		strscpy(buf + 8, inquiry_string, sendbytes - 8);
>  		if (pro_formatter_flag) {
>  			/* Additional Length */
>  			buf[4] = 0x33;
> --
> 2.40.1
>
>
>

      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-30  6:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-29 19:16 [PATCH] staging: rts5208: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() for appropriate string copying in rtsx_scsi line 524 warning: found by checkpatch.pl script Nancy Nyambura
2023-10-30  6:13 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-10-30  6:36 ` Julia Lawall [this message]

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