[PATCH] drm/nouveau : refactor deprecated strcpy

[PATCH] drm/nouveau : refactor deprecated strcpy

[Madhur Kumar]

strcpy() has been deprecated because it performs no bounds checking on the
destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
strscpy() instead.

Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
index 869d4335c0f4..100c7dff4ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ nouveau_fence_context_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct nouveau_fence_cha
 	fctx->context = drm->runl[chan->runlist].context_base + chan->chid;
 
 	if (chan == drm->cechan)
-		strcpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
+		strscpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel", sizeof(fctx->name));
 	else if (chan == drm->channel)
-		strcpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
+		strscpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel", sizeof(fctx->name));
 	else
-		strcpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
+		strscpy(fctx->name, cli->name, sizeof(fctx->name));
 
 	kref_init(&fctx->fence_ref);
 	if (!priv->uevent)
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH] drm/nouveau : refactor deprecated strcpy

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2025, Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com> wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated because it performs no bounds checking on the
> destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
> strscpy() instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> index 869d4335c0f4..100c7dff4ff8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> @@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ nouveau_fence_context_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct nouveau_fence_cha
>  	fctx->context = drm->runl[chan->runlist].context_base + chan->chid;
>  
>  	if (chan == drm->cechan)
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel", sizeof(fctx->name));
>  	else if (chan == drm->channel)
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel", sizeof(fctx->name));
>  	else
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, cli->name, sizeof(fctx->name));

I don't think you actually need the third parameter here. strscpy() is
magic, look up its definition.

BR,
Jani.

>  
>  	kref_init(&fctx->fence_ref);
>  	if (!priv->uevent)

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel

[PATCH v2] drm/nouveau : refactor deprecated strcpy

[Madhur Kumar]

strcpy() has been deprecated because it performs no bounds checking on the
destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
strscpy() instead.

Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
---
changes in v2:
 - Remove the size parameter from strscpy

 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
index 869d4335c0f4..4a193b7d6d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ nouveau_fence_context_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct nouveau_fence_cha
 	fctx->context = drm->runl[chan->runlist].context_base + chan->chid;
 
 	if (chan == drm->cechan)
-		strcpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
+		strscpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
 	else if (chan == drm->channel)
-		strcpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
+		strscpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
 	else
-		strcpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
+		strscpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
 
 	kref_init(&fctx->fence_ref);
 	if (!priv->uevent)
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH v2] drm/nouveau : refactor deprecated strcpy

[Lyude Paul]

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>

BTW - I will add it manually before pushing, but this (and other fixes) should
have a fixes tag like this:

Fixes: 15a996bbb697 ("drm/nouveau: assign fence_chan->name correctly")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.18+

On Thu, 2025-12-04 at 17:38 +0530, Madhur Kumar wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated because it performs no bounds checking on the
> destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
> strscpy() instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
> ---
> changes in v2:
>  - Remove the size parameter from strscpy
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> index 869d4335c0f4..4a193b7d6d9e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
> @@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ nouveau_fence_context_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct nouveau_fence_cha
>  	fctx->context = drm->runl[chan->runlist].context_base + chan->chid;
>  
>  	if (chan == drm->cechan)
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, "copy engine channel");
>  	else if (chan == drm->channel)
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, "generic kernel channel");
>  	else
> -		strcpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
> +		strscpy(fctx->name, cli->name);
>  
>  	kref_init(&fctx->fence_ref);
>  	if (!priv->uevent)

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat

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