Re: Is strncpy really less secure than strscpy ?

[James Dutton]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 at 02:49, Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> What if printf("a is  %.*s\n", a);?
Um, it fails to compile.
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> > So, why isn't the printk format specifier "%.*s" used more instead of
> > "%s" in the kernel?
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> Since basically strings are pointers.
Um, I was trying to draw people's attention to the fact that "%.*s" is
much safer than "%s".
"%s" is like strcpy() but for print statements.
"%.*s" is like strncpy() but for print statements.

Why wasn't "%.*s" also included in the string discussions previously?