On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 10:30 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:00:05AM +0530, NitinGote wrote: > > From: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Added check in checkpatch.pl to > > 1. Deprecate strcpy() in favor of strscpy(). > > 2. Deprecate strlcpy() in favor of strscpy(). > > 3. Deprecate strncpy() in favor of strscpy() or strscpy_pad(). > > > > Updated strncpy() section in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst > > to cover strscpy_pad() case. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@xxxxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Joe, does this address your checkpatch concerns? Well, kinda. strscpy_pad isn't used anywhere in the kernel. And + "strncpy" => "strscpy, strscpy_pad or for non-NUL-terminated strings, strncpy() can still be used, but destinations should be marked with __nonstring", is a bit verbose. This could be simply: + "strncpy" => "strscpy - for non-NUL-terminated uses, strncpy() dst should be __nonstring", And I still prefer adding stracpy as it reduces code verbosity and eliminates defects.
