Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: dt: refactor deprecated strncpy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 14:45:28 EST


On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:23:19 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
>
> We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.
>
> A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees
> NUL-termination on the destination buffer. With this, we can also drop
> the now unnecessary `CPUIDLE_(NAME|DESC)_LEN - 1` pieces.
>
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] cpuidle: dt: refactor deprecated strncpy
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/fd94c38f8441

Take care,

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Kees Cook