On 10/10/2023 3:26 PM, Justin Stitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This series aims to eliminate uses of strncpy() as it is a deprecated
> interface [1] with many viable replacements available.
> 
> Predominantly, strscpy() is the go-to replacement as it guarantees
> NUL-termination on the destination buffer (which strncpy does not). With
> that being said, I did not identify any buffer overread problems as the
> size arguments were carefully measured to leave room for trailing
> NUL-bytes. Nonetheless, we should favor more robust and less ambiguous
> interfaces.
> 
> Previously, each of these patches was sent individually at:
> 1) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-e100-c-v1-1-ca0ff9686...@google.com/
> 2) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-e1000-e1000_main-c-v1-1-b1d64581f...@google.com/
> 3) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-fm10k-fm10k_ethtool-c-v1-1-dbdc4570c...@google.com/
> 4) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-i40e-i40e_ddp-c-v1-1-f01a23394...@google.com/
> 5) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-igb-igb_main-c-v1-1-d796234a8...@google.com/
> 6) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-igbvf-netdev-c-v1-1-69ccfb2c2...@google.com/
> 7) 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-igc-igc_main-c-v1-1-f1f507ecc...@google.com/
> 
> Consider these dead as this series is their new home :)
> 
> I found all these instances with: $ rg "strncpy\("
> 
> This series may collide in a not-so-nice way with [3]. This series can
> go in after that one with a rebase. I'll send a v2 if necessary.
> 
> [3]: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
> 
> Link: 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings
>  [1]
> Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html 
> [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>

Thanks Justin for fixing all these!

For the series:
Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[email protected]>

PS: have you considered adding a script to scripts/coccinelle/api which
might catch and try to fix future (ab)users of strncpy?


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