> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Justin Stitt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 3:57 AM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <[email protected]>; Nguyen, Anthony L 
> <[email protected]>; David S. Miller <[email protected]>; Eric 
> Dumazet <[email protected]>; Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>; Paolo Abeni 
> <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; Justin Stitt <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]; [email protected]; 
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] i40e: use scnprintf over 
> strncpy+strncat
>
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> Moreover, `strncat` shouldn't really be used either as per
> fortify-string.h:
>  * Do not use this function. While FORTIFY_SOURCE tries to avoid
>  * read and write overflows, this is only possible when the sizes
>  * of @p and @q are known to the compiler. Prefer building the
>  * string with formatting, via scnprintf() or similar.
>
> Instead, use `scnprintf` with "%s%s" format string. This code is now
> more readable and robust.
>
> 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
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <[email protected]> (A 
Contingent worker at Intel)


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