[PATCH bpf v4 01/20] selftests/bpf: Add simple strscpy() implementation

From: Ihor Solodrai

Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 14:08:04 EST


Replace bpf_strlcpy() in bpf_util.h with a sized_strscpy(), which is a
simplified sized_strscpy() from the kernel (lib/string.c [1]). It:
* takes a count (destination size) parameter
* guarantees NULL-termination
* returns the number of characters copied or -E2BIG

Re-define strscpy macro similar to in-kernel implementation [2]: allow
the count parameter to be optional.

Add #ifdef-s to tools/include/linux/args.h, as they may be defined in
other system headers (for example, __CONCAT in sys/cdefs.h).

Fixup the single existing bpf_strlcpy() call in cgroup_helpers.c

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/string.c?h=v6.19#n113
[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/linux/string.h?h=v6.19#n91

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/linux/args.h | 4 ++
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h | 45 ++++++++++++++------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/linux/args.h b/tools/include/linux/args.h
index 2e8e65d975c7..14b268f2389a 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/args.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/args.h
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
#define COUNT_ARGS(X...) __COUNT_ARGS(, ##X, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)

/* Concatenate two parameters, but allow them to be expanded beforehand. */
+#ifndef __CONCAT
#define __CONCAT(a, b) a ## b
+#endif
+#ifndef CONCATENATE
#define CONCATENATE(a, b) __CONCAT(a, b)
+#endif

#endif /* _LINUX_ARGS_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h
index 4bc2d25f33e1..6cb56501a505 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <syscall.h>
#include <bpf/libbpf.h> /* libbpf_num_possible_cpus */
+#include <linux/args.h>

static inline unsigned int bpf_num_possible_cpus(void)
{
@@ -21,25 +22,43 @@ static inline unsigned int bpf_num_possible_cpus(void)
return possible_cpus;
}

-/* Copy up to sz - 1 bytes from zero-terminated src string and ensure that dst
- * is zero-terminated string no matter what (unless sz == 0, in which case
- * it's a no-op). It's conceptually close to FreeBSD's strlcpy(), but differs
- * in what is returned. Given this is internal helper, it's trivial to extend
- * this, when necessary. Use this instead of strncpy inside libbpf source code.
+/*
+ * Simplified strscpy() implementation. The kernel one is in lib/string.c
*/
-static inline void bpf_strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t sz)
+static inline ssize_t sized_strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
- size_t i;
+ long res = 0;

- if (sz == 0)
- return;
+ if (count == 0)
+ return -E2BIG;

- sz--;
- for (i = 0; i < sz && src[i]; i++)
- dst[i] = src[i];
- dst[i] = '\0';
+ while (count > 1) {
+ char c;
+
+ c = src[res];
+ dest[res] = c;
+ if (!c)
+ return res;
+ res++;
+ count--;
+ }
+
+ /* Force NUL-termination. */
+ dest[res] = '\0';
+
+ /* Return E2BIG if the source didn't stop */
+ return src[res] ? -E2BIG : res;
}

+#define __strscpy0(dst, src, ...) \
+ sized_strscpy(dst, src, sizeof(dst))
+#define __strscpy1(dst, src, size) \
+ sized_strscpy(dst, src, size)
+
+#undef strscpy /* Redefine the placeholder from tools/include/linux/string.h */
+#define strscpy(dst, src, ...) \
+ CONCATENATE(__strscpy, COUNT_ARGS(__VA_ARGS__))(dst, src, __VA_ARGS__)
+
#define __bpf_percpu_val_align __attribute__((__aligned__(8)))

#define BPF_DECLARE_PERCPU(type, name) \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c
index 20cede4db3ce..45cd0b479fe3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int __enable_controllers(const char *cgroup_path, const char *controllers
enable[len] = 0;
close(fd);
} else {
- bpf_strlcpy(enable, controllers, sizeof(enable));
+ strscpy(enable, controllers);
}

snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/cgroup.subtree_control", cgroup_path);
--
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