Re: [PATCH] greybus: fw-management: Replace strncpy with strlcpy

[Bryan O'Donoghue]

On 15/02/17 00:09, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Greybus currently uses strncpy() coupled with a check for '\0' on the
> last byte of various buffers. strncpy() is passed size parameter equal
> to the size of the buffer in all instances. If the source string is
> larger than the destination buffer the check catches this and, after
> logging the error, returns an error value. In one instance the
> immediate return is not required. Using strncpy() with the manual check
> adds code that could be removed by the use of strlcpy(), although truncation
> then needs to be checked.
> 
> Replace calls to strncpy() with calls to strlcpy(). Replace null
> termination checks  with checks for truncated string. Add log message
> if string is truncated but do not return an error code.

The strlcpy() replace should be one patch.
The not returning on truncation should be a separate patch.

Personally I don't think the flow should change re: returning errors on
string truncation but, either way you should split it up.

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bod