Thanks for your reply, `enable[0] = '\0';` at the beginning and then strncat() still has the same compile warning --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static int __enable_controllers(const char *cgroup_path, const char *controllers enable[len] = 0; close(fd); } else { - strncpy(enable, controllers, sizeof(enable)); + enable[0] = '\0'; + strncat(enable, controllers, sizeof(enable)); } In function ‘__enable_controllers’: tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c:81:17: warning: ‘strncat’ specified bound 4097 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation] 81 | strncat(enable, controllers, sizeof(enable)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_helpers.c:81:17: warning: ‘strncat’ specified bound 4097 equals destination size [-Wstringop-overflow=] So, i think just add '-1' for strncpy() is a good way.