Re: [PATCH] usb: replace strcpy() with strscpy()

[Aditya Garg]

> On 28 Feb 2025, at 10:33 PM, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 03:07:03PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
>> From: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> The strcpy() function has been deprecated and replaced with strscpy().
>> This patch shall replace it in the whole USB tree.
>> 
>> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>> Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> As the two functions do different things, are you sure it is safe to
> just do a search/replace here?  If so, you need to explain that in the
> changelog why this is ok, and if not, please document that as well :)

That's actually a good question. From what I can tell from the kernel docs, the only case where this can be a problem is when strcpy is returning. While I don't see any such case over here, I'll still double check if that's the case. Also, I'll wait for the kernel test bot results.