Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] string: Allow 2-argument strscpy()

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Kees,

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 01:47:08PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > +/*
> > > + * The 2 argument style can only be used when dst is an array with a
> > > + * known size.
> > > + */
> > > +#define __strscpy0(dst, src, ...)      \
> > > +       sized_strscpy(dst, src, sizeof(dst) + __must_be_array(dst))
> > > +#define __strscpy1(dst, src, size)     sized_strscpy(dst, src, size)
> >
> > (dst), (src), (size) etc.
>
> I normally don't do this when macro args are being expanded into
> function arguments. I've only done it for when macro args are used in
> expressions. Am I missing a side-effect here, or is this more about
> stylistic consistency?

I'm not 100% sure it is needed, but I'm always wary when using macro
parameters without parentheses, except in the most simple use-cases.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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