Re: [PATCH v6] EDAC/mc: Prefer strscpy or scnprintf over strcpy

[Joe Perches]

On 2021-09-03 08:05, Len Baker wrote:
> strcpy() performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer. 
> len.baker@xxxxxxx/

[]

> @@ -1113,12 +1115,9 @@ void edac_mc_handle_error(const enum
> hw_event_mc_err_type type,
>  			p = e->label;
>  			*p = '\0';
>  		} else {
> -			if (p != e->label) {
> -				strcpy(p, OTHER_LABEL);
> -				p += strlen(OTHER_LABEL);
> -			}
> -			strcpy(p, dimm->label);
> -			p += strlen(p);
> +			n += scnprintf(e->label + n, sizeof(e->label) - n,
> +				       "%s%s", prefix, dimm->label);
> +			prefix = OTHER_LABEL;

OTHER_LABEL is a define specific to this module

IMO: Used once text macros are just obfuscating and should be removed.