[RESEND,net-next,PATCH v5 0/3] Fix inefficiences and rename nla_strlcpy

[laniel_francis@privacyrequired.com]

From: Francis Laniel <laniel_francis@privacyrequired.com>

Hi.


I hope you are all fine and the same for your relatives.

This patch set answers to first three issues listed in:
https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/110

To sum up, the patch contributions are the following:
1. the first patch fixes an inefficiency where some bytes in dst were written
twice, one with 0 the other with src content.
2. The second one modifies nla_strlcpy to return the same value as strscpy,
i.e. number of bytes written or -E2BIG if src was truncated.
It also modifies code that calls nla_strlcpy and checks for its return value.
3. The third renames nla_strlcpy to nla_strscpy.

Unfortunately, I did not find how to create struct nlattr objects so I tested
my modifications on simple char* and with GDB using tc to get to
tcf_proto_check_kind.

If you see any way to improve the code or have any remark, feel free to comment.


Best regards and take care of yourselves.

Francis Laniel (3):
  Fix unefficient call to memset before memcpu in nla_strlcpy.
  Modify return value of nla_strlcpy to match that of strscpy.
  treewide: rename nla_strlcpy to nla_strscpy.

 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c            | 10 +++---
 drivers/net/can/vxcan.c                    |  4 +--
 drivers/net/veth.c                         |  4 +--
 include/linux/genl_magic_struct.h          |  2 +-
 include/net/netlink.h                      |  4 +--
 include/net/pkt_cls.h                      |  2 +-
 kernel/taskstats.c                         |  2 +-
 lib/nlattr.c                               | 42 ++++++++++++++--------
 net/core/fib_rules.c                       |  4 +--
 net/core/rtnetlink.c                       | 12 +++----
 net/decnet/dn_dev.c                        |  2 +-
 net/ieee802154/nl-mac.c                    |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/devinet.c                         |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c                   |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/metrics.c                         |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c |  4 +--
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c              |  6 ++--
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c             |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c         |  4 +--
 net/netfilter/nft_ct.c                     |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nft_log.c                    |  2 +-
 net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c               |  2 +-
 net/nfc/netlink.c                          |  2 +-
 net/sched/act_api.c                        |  2 +-
 net/sched/act_ipt.c                        |  2 +-
 net/sched/act_simple.c                     |  4 +--
 net/sched/cls_api.c                        |  2 +-
 net/sched/sch_api.c                        |  2 +-
 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c                  |  2 +-
 29 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

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