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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lan78xx: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 10:30:54PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> Other implementations of .*get_drvinfo use strscpy so this patch brings
> lan78xx_get_drvinfo() in line as well:
>
> igb/igb_ethtool.c +851
> static void igb_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> igbvf/ethtool.c
> 167:static void igbvf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
> 1999:static void i40e_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
> 529:static void e1000_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> ixgbevf/ethtool.c
> 211:static void ixgbevf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

Andrew

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