Re: [PATCH] media: radio: Replace strlcat() with seq_buf in TEA drivers

[Mariia Nikitash]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM Alejandro Colomar
<alx+linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Mariia,
>
> > Date: 2026-11-05 23:46:39-0800
> > From: Mariia Nikitash <nikitash.mariiaw@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In preparation for removing the deprecated strlcat() API[1],
> > replace the strscpy() and strlcat() calls used to construct
> > V4L2 card names in the TEA5777 and TEA575x radio drivers.
> >
> > seq_buf tracks the current write position and remaining capacity
> > across appends, avoiding repeated scans of the destination buffer.
> > This preserves the resulting strings, including truncation behavior.
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1]
> > Signed-off-by: Mariia Nikitash <nikitash.mariiaw@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/radio/radio-tea5777.c | 10 ++++++++--
> >  drivers/media/radio/tea575x.c       | 10 ++++++++--
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-tea5777.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-tea5777.c
> > index fb9de7bbcd19..2b1c7f6ddd60 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-tea5777.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-tea5777.c
> > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> >  #include <linux/sched.h>
> > +#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include <media/v4l2-device.h>
> >  #include <media/v4l2-dev.h>
> > @@ -255,10 +256,15 @@ static int vidioc_querycap(struct file *file, void  *priv,
> >                                       struct v4l2_capability *v)
> >  {
> >       struct radio_tea5777 *tea = video_drvdata(file);
> > +     struct seq_buf s;
> >
> >       strscpy(v->driver, tea->v4l2_dev->name, sizeof(v->driver));
> > -     strscpy(v->card, tea->card, sizeof(v->card));
> > -     strlcat(v->card, " TEA5777", sizeof(v->card));
> > +
> > +     seq_buf_init(&s, (char *)v->card, sizeof(v->card));
> > +     seq_buf_puts(&s, (const char *)tea->card);
> > +     seq_buf_puts(&s, " TEA5777");
> > +     seq_buf_terminate(&s);
> > +
>
> Why are the casts needed?

Hi Alex,

I added the casts to make conversions from u8/__u8 to
character-pointer types expected by the seq_buf helpers explicit.

I'm also considering simplifying these two-part string constructions
using scnprintf() instead. Would this approach be preferred?



> Have a lovely day!
> Alex

Thanks,
Mariia
>
> >       strscpy(v->bus_info, tea->bus_info, sizeof(v->bus_info));
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/tea575x.c b/drivers/media/radio/tea575x.c
> > index c37315226c42..e49228eb7c46 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/radio/tea575x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/radio/tea575x.c
> > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> > +#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
> >  #include <linux/sched.h>
> >  #include <asm/io.h>
> >  #include <media/v4l2-device.h>
> > @@ -221,10 +222,15 @@ static int vidioc_querycap(struct file *file, void  *priv,
> >                                       struct v4l2_capability *v)
> >  {
> >       struct snd_tea575x *tea = video_drvdata(file);
> > +     struct seq_buf s;
> >
> >       strscpy(v->driver, tea->v4l2_dev->name, sizeof(v->driver));
> > -     strscpy(v->card, tea->card, sizeof(v->card));
> > -     strlcat(v->card, tea->tea5759 ? " TEA5759" : " TEA5757", sizeof(v->card));
> > +
> > +     seq_buf_init(&s, (char *)v->card, sizeof(v->card));
> > +     seq_buf_puts(&s, (const char *)tea->card);
> > +     seq_buf_puts(&s, tea->tea5759 ? " TEA5759" : " TEA5757");
> > +     seq_buf_terminate(&s);
> > +
> >       strscpy(v->bus_info, tea->bus_info, sizeof(v->bus_info));
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
> >
>
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