Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Wendling <> | Date | Mon, 7 Aug 2023 15:36:55 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] um: refactor deprecated strncpy to strtomem |
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On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 2:18 PM Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> wrote: > > Use `strtomem` here since `console_buf` is not expected to be > NUL-terminated. We should probably also just use `MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA` > instead of using `ARRAY_SIZE()` for every iteration of the loop. > Is this change necessary? I have a general preference for ARRAY_SIZE, because a change in size is less likely to be overlooked (unless that goes against the coding standard).
> Also mark char buffer as `__nonstring` as per Kees' suggestion here [1] > > Finally, follow checkpatch's recommendation of using `min_t` over `min` > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1] > Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> > --- > Notes: > I only build tested this patch. > --- > arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c | 7 ++++--- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c > index 5026e7b9adfe..fd4c024202ae 100644 > --- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c > +++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ > * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2008 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com) > */ > > +#include "linux/compiler_attributes.h"
nit: Should this include be in angle brackets?
#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
> #include <linux/console.h> > #include <linux/ctype.h> > #include <linux/string.h> > @@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ struct mconsole_output { > > static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(client_lock); > static LIST_HEAD(clients); > -static char console_buf[MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA]; > +static char console_buf[MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA] __nonstring; > > static void console_write(struct console *console, const char *string, > unsigned int len) > @@ -566,8 +567,8 @@ static void console_write(struct console *console, const char *string, > return; > > while (len > 0) { > - n = min((size_t) len, ARRAY_SIZE(console_buf)); > - strncpy(console_buf, string, n); > + n = min_t(size_t, len, MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA); > + strtomem(console_buf, string); > string += n; > len -= n; > > > --- > base-commit: c1a515d3c0270628df8ae5f5118ba859b85464a2 > change-id: 20230807-arch-um-3ef24413427e > > Best regards, > -- > Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> >
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