Re: [PATCH] ath6kl: replace deprecated strncpy with memcpy

[Kalle Valo]

Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous
> interfaces.
> 
> The affected code's purpose is to truncate strings that are too long
> with "..." like:
> foobar -> fo...
> 
> The lengths have been carefully calculated and as such this has decayed
> to a simple byte copy from one buffer to another -- let's use memcpy().
> 
> Note: build-tested only.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

40990961d983 wifi: ath6kl: replace deprecated strncpy with memcpy

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