`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer. Link: https://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 Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Bo YU <tsu.yubo@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Similar to [1] which was never picked up. Let's prefer strscpy to strlcpy, though [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20190328080918.9290-1-tsu.yubo@xxxxxxxxx/ --- drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_perfmon.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_perfmon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_perfmon.c index bafdfe49c1d8..9e7bebcf24eb 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_perfmon.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_perfmon.c @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ int etnaviv_pm_query_dom(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, domain->id = domain->iter; domain->nr_signals = dom->nr_signals; - strncpy(domain->name, dom->name, sizeof(domain->name)); + strscpy(domain->name, dom->name, sizeof(domain->name)); domain->iter++; if (domain->iter == nr_domains) @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ int etnaviv_pm_query_sig(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, sig = &dom->signal[signal->iter]; signal->id = signal->iter; - strncpy(signal->name, sig->name, sizeof(signal->name)); + strscpy(signal->name, sig->name, sizeof(signal->name)); signal->iter++; if (signal->iter == dom->nr_signals) --- base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-gpu-drm-etnaviv-etnaviv_perfmon-c-dd095491dfde Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
