Re: [PATCH v2] net: mdio-gpio: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

[Justin Stitt]

On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 2:57 PM Russell King (Oracle)
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 09:54:31PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> > We expect new_bus->id to be NUL-terminated but not NUL-padded based on
> > its prior assignment through snprintf:
> > |       snprintf(new_bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "gpio-%x", bus_id);
> >
> > We can also use sizeof() instead of a length macro as this more closely
> > ties the maximum buffer size to the destination buffer.
>
> Honestly, this looks machine generated and unreviewed by the submitter,
> because...
>

Not machine generated.

Was just trying to keep my change as small as possible towards the
goal of replacing strncpy.

However, you're right. It's literally the line right above it and now
it looks inconsistent .

> >       if (bus_id != -1)
> >               snprintf(new_bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "gpio-%x", bus_id);
> >       else
> > -             strncpy(new_bus->id, "gpio", MII_BUS_ID_SIZE);
> > +             strscpy(new_bus->id, "gpio", sizeof(new_bus->id));
>
> If there is an argument for not using MII_BUS_ID_SIZE in one place,
> then the very same argument applies to snprintf(). If one place
> changes the other also needs to be changed.
>

Gotcha, I've sent a [v3].

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[v3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231211-strncpy-drivers-net-mdio-mdio-gpio-c-v3-1-76dea53a1a52@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks
Justin