Re: [PATCH] devlink/param: replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, 7 May 2026 09:04:45 +0100 David Laight wrote:
> >  	case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_STRING:
> > -		len = strnlen(nla_data(param_data), nla_len(param_data));
> > -		if (len == nla_len(param_data) ||
> > -		    len >= __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE)
> > +		len = strscpy(value->vstr, nla_data(param_data));
> > +		if (len < 0)
> >  			return -EINVAL;
> > -		strcpy(value->vstr, nla_data(param_data));  
> 
> The only sensible thing here is to replace the strcpy() with:
> 		memcpy(value->vstr, nla_data(param_data), len + 1);

That'd probably be a good move, to avoid getting the broken strscpy()
conversion submissions. Care to send a patch?