RE: [PATCH] net: dsa: remove deprecated strncpy

[David Laight]

From: Andrew Lunn
> Sent: 18 July 2023 20:31
...
> Maybe we should actually add another helper:
> 
> ethtool_name_cpy(u8 **data, unsigned int index, const char *name);
> 
> Then over the next decade, slowly convert all drivers to it. And then
> eventually replace the u8 with a struct including the length.

Define the structure with the length from the start.
Add a wrapper that allows the length to be absent.
(Either ignoring the length or using 0/infinity to mean no length.)

Then you don't need to visit everywhere twice - just some places.

	David

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