Re: [PATCH] s390: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

From: Alexander Gordeev
Date: Mon Aug 22 2022 - 07:50:10 EST


On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:37:47AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> > Could you please explain why you skipped strlcpy() usage in
> > drivers/s390/char/diag_ftp.c and drivers/s390/char/sclp_ftp.c?
>
> Sure. It is a bit hidden in $subject, but the key is to convert strlcpy
> instances for now which do not check the return value. This is the
> low-hanging fruit.
>
> Converting the other uses checking the return value needs to be done
> manually and much more carfully. I wanted to this as a second step, but
> if you prefer to have everything converted in one go, I can give your
> subsystem a priority boost. Would you prefer that?

A follow-up patch is also fine.

I guess, you also wanted a fix for arch/s390/kvm/tests/instr_icpt/main.c
in this series.

> Thanks and happy hacking,
>
> Wolfram

Thanks!