Re: [PATCH 2/8] MIPS: sgi-ip32: Replace deprecated strcpy() in plat_mem_setup()

From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Mon Aug 18 2025 - 20:34:28 EST


On 19. Aug 2025, at 01:40, Justin Stitt wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 08:37:12PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.
>>
>> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
>> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-setup.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-setup.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-setup.c
>> index aeb0805aae57..c2ebc4bbd866 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-setup.c
>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
>> #include <linux/param.h>
>> #include <linux/sched.h>
>> +#include <linux/string.h>
>
> This new include isn't strictly necessary as it was building with
> strcpy() fine before?

It's not strictly necessary, but since I was often asked to explicitly
include it, I made it a habit.

Best,
Thorsten