Re: [PATCH] kernel: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

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On Thu 2022-08-18 23:02:01, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
> subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
> Generated by a coccinelle script.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>  kernel/acct.c                         |  2 +-
>  kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c |  4 ++--
>  kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c             |  4 ++--
>  kernel/events/core.c                  |  6 +++---
>  kernel/kallsyms.c                     |  4 ++--
>  kernel/params.c                       |  2 +-
>  kernel/printk/printk.c                |  2 +-
>  kernel/relay.c                        |  4 ++--
>  kernel/time/clocksource.c             |  2 +-
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c                 | 18 +++++++++---------
>  kernel/trace/trace.c                  |  8 ++++----
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c           |  2 +-
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_inject.c    |  4 ++--
>  kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c           |  2 +-
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c            |  2 +-
>  15 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

This fixes only small part of the kernel code. It would make sense to
do a tree-wide change using a script.

Would you mind to create one and send it to Linus?

You might want to use Coccinelle if a simple sed/awk gets too
complicated. See
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.15/dev-tools/coccinelle.html

Best Regards,
Petr



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