From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A71F3F4D3; Mon, 9 Oct 2023 20:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="M8KjGQrK" Received: from mail-pf1-x435.google.com (mail-pf1-x435.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::435]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08761B0; Mon, 9 Oct 2023 13:34:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x435.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-692c70bc440so3740205b3a.3; Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:34:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1696883645; x=1697488445; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=f2qyhCFIapZAKu/wCnXN+K5MLupOwIsieC6PqwP164A=; b=M8KjGQrK/gYOVvpoeo6f7nzgk/IBLVMKKdjWzsIlKhm1mgJSlcEWc7ybiVS2ZXIl51 uddKRfuUPyoDknZIYWaAOX1yyCa4cKqZCYcyW2zQAj2ZWUrl3eemSTEXJ1+4lkaemKE4 BE+jIaHWXY248R/dMbxgBTQbgqBuPVqM5X3s8Gi4OCxShvvMeyZKkk11kMd1H68ZNsAm r8rMGTpHDni5I4fHFdE0qW45Ez5GMh6txjWtaVzf1hpuIc3WrtBoL3WIJl/a9piRYlzg cxtI+AmulcUdgdSqurpasSf54daQHYomJW3jkb2wnQYe6wccvmjoHV1wLOCkHFJx5R8s W9Tw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1696883645; x=1697488445; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=f2qyhCFIapZAKu/wCnXN+K5MLupOwIsieC6PqwP164A=; b=U2F+kIOJksgnLdUBmVM9zgLy8qzQiQN4WR3Pwy2cH+xmtKiRBqtw8/cmUxAtxEVQ0u LPaoD+czLDs3JibWPawLtg5+JGWfT70bfT2kW4ZTY/XjY3v9p6eKeeF8uZWo17l4OEvy gidbHPU8SlhWW71EJgeJ7cLtql4RSB/qIcPjAC2JGtzcqM14E38haTUHUTzTICIlLNo1 BXLLhPicNzx1lZ/U3VssXnYatbV71sEZCQoUiVsAXF12koyNvAka3s/y+YZqijpUUhVR is0kHW6qX53IE6uc8pvubcSVLD84LlUQ2+t1EyM/sBfBWUhfruNfWz/KE32LSf98kCji 53uQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yzr52AV6WTtJp1T4/pJkAlj3YBtbh3deSnOtij3qu3XyN6Wtl8c xN/A8s7XSbr+zBRDkze6v5M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFiPy/ssDGzLtsPS3uELgiU2iVVl3nQTF5uG4usgP3xOaS7d1dsgxUu2z1mnKS9QicN+EfMXA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:38cb:b0:274:729a:bcd9 with SMTP id nn11-20020a17090b38cb00b00274729abcd9mr13946558pjb.43.1696883645359; Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:34:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.67.48.245] ([192.19.223.252]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id t16-20020a17090ae51000b00267ee71f463sm6776912pjy.0.2023.10.09.13.34.03 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:34:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 13:34:03 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: qca8k: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf Content-Language: en-US To: Justin Stitt , Andrew Lunn , Vladimir Oltean , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org References: <20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-qca-qca8k-common-c-v1-1-34c8040e0f32@google.com> From: Florian Fainelli In-Reply-To: <20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-qca-qca8k-common-c-v1-1-34c8040e0f32@google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net On 10/9/23 11:34, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings > [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string > interfaces. > > ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. > Let's replace strncpy in favor of this more robust and easier to > understand interface. > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli -- Florian