Re: [PATCH -next] ACPICA: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() for dest

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 09:17:51 EST


On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 8:24 AM xueqin Luo <luoxueqin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> While it is safe to use strncpy in this case, the advice is to move to
> strscpy_pad[1].
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprec:qated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Signed-off-by: xueqin Luo <luoxueqin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c | 3 +--

ACPICA code comes from an external project. The proper way of
modifying it is to submit a pull request to the upstream ACPICA
project on GitHub. Once this pull request has been merged upstream, a
Linux patch containing a Link: tag to the corresponding upstream pull
request can be submitted.

Thanks!

> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
> index ff0802ace19b..3a7952be6545 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utnonansi.c
> @@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ void acpi_ut_safe_strncpy(char *dest, char *source, acpi_size dest_size)
> {
> /* Always terminate destination string */
>
> - strncpy(dest, source, dest_size);
> - dest[dest_size - 1] = 0;
> + strscpy_pad(dest, source, dest_size);
> }
>
> #endif
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>