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Subject[tip: x86/cleanups] x86/hpet: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()
The following commit has been merged into the x86/cleanups branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 4108d141bfd04cf7b2bbf96e899ee5392f62e8a2
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/4108d141bfd04cf7b2bbf96e899ee5392f62e8a2
Author: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:13:36
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:22:40 +02:00

x86/hpet: Refactor code using deprecated strncpy() interface to use strscpy()

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].

A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it
guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is
_not_ the case for `strncpy`!

In this case, it is a simple swap from `strncpy` to `strscpy`. There is
one slight difference, though. If NUL-padding is a functional
requirement here we should opt for `strscpy_pad`. It seems like this
shouldn't be needed as I see no obvious signs of any padding being
required.

Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: 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
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230822-strncpy-arch-x86-kernel-hpet-v1-1-2c7d3be86f4a@google.com
---
arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index c8eb1ac..1648aa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static void __init hpet_legacy_clockevent_register(struct hpet_channel *hc)
* the IO_APIC has been initialized.
*/
hc->cpu = boot_cpu_data.cpu_index;
- strncpy(hc->name, "hpet", sizeof(hc->name));
+ strscpy(hc->name, "hpet", sizeof(hc->name));
hpet_init_clockevent(hc, 50);

hc->evt.tick_resume = hpet_clkevt_legacy_resume;
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