Re: [PATCH] ath10k: replace deprecated strncpy with strtomem_pad

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 07:11:51AM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 10/24/2023 6:03 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > What about using just memcpy() to make it clear it's not really a proper
> > string:
> > 
> > arvif->u.ap.ssid_len = 4;
> > memcpy(arvif->u.ap.ssid, "mesh", arvif->u.ap.ssid_len);
> > 
> 
> In the "changed & BSS_CHANGED_SSID" case that comes soon after this we just
> set the length and use memcpy without clearing the rest of the buffer, so
> doing the same here, as you suggest, would be consistent.

Ah, please ignore my other email asking about memcpy safety -- I'm
reading threads backwards.  :)

-- 
Kees Cook