Re: [PATCH v2] x86/tdx: replace deprecated strncpy with strtomem_pad

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 09:54:59PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy works perfectly here in all cases, however, it is deprecated and
> as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string apis.
> 
> Let's use `strtomem_pad` as this matches the functionality of `strncpy`
> and is _not_ deprecated.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for respinning this! And yeah, I'd agree the comment probably
should stay.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook