Re: [PATCH] bcachefs: replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

From: Alan Huang
Date: Wed Mar 26 2025 - 06:03:00 EST


On Mar 26, 2025, at 17:44, Roxana Nicolescu <nicolescu.roxana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Use
> strscpy() instead.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Signed-off-by: Roxana Nicolescu <nicolescu.roxana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
> index c4f524b2ca9a..7ab25b425d11 100644
> --- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
> +++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static noinline void journal_transaction_name(struct btree_trans *trans)
> struct jset_entry_log *l =
> container_of(entry, struct jset_entry_log, entry);
>
> - strncpy(l->d, trans->fn, JSET_ENTRY_LOG_U64s * sizeof(u64));
> + strscpy(l->d, trans->fn, JSET_ENTRY_LOG_U64s * sizeof(u64));

The last time I asked Kent about this line, he didn’t want this.

> }
>
> static inline int btree_key_can_insert(struct btree_trans *trans,
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>
>