Re: [PATCH resend] sound: Convert strlcpy to strscpy when return value is unused
From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 13:06:38 EST
On Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:17:34 +0100,
Joe Perches wrote:
>
> strlcpy is deprecated. see: Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
>
> Change the calls that do not use the strlcpy return value to the
> preferred strscpy.
>
> Done with cocci script:
>
> @@
> expression e1, e2, e3;
> @@
>
> - strlcpy(
> + strscpy(
> e1, e2, e3);
>
> This cocci script leaves the instances where the return value is
> used unchanged.
>
> After this patch, sound/ has 3 uses of strlcpy() that need to be
> manually inspected for conversion and changed one day.
>
> $ git grep -w strlcpy sound/
> sound/usb/card.c: len = strlcpy(card->longname, s, sizeof(card->longname));
> sound/usb/mixer.c: return strlcpy(buf, p->name, buflen);
> sound/usb/mixer.c: return strlcpy(buf, p->names[index], buflen);
>
> Miscellenea:
>
> o Remove trailing whitespace in conversion of sound/core/hwdep.c
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Applied now. Thanks.
Takashi