Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy

[Conor Dooley]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 12:21:58AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> Favor not copying strings onto stack and instead use strings directly.
> This avoids hard-coding sizes and buffer lengths all together.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use strings directly instead of copying onto stack with `strscpy` (thanks Kees)

Yeah, that is what I was thinking of when I decried it as being horrid.
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Conor.

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