When strncpy() is called with source and destination strings the same length, gcc 8 warns that there may be an unterminated string. Using strlcpy() rather than strncpy() forces a null at the end and quiets the warning. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2 - No changes. --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c index c3ff7c3e6681..08e1c0957a07 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev, return -ENOMEM; param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION; eth_broadcast_addr(param->sta_addr); - strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN); + strlcpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN); if (pext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_GROUP_KEY) param->u.crypt.set_tx = 0; if (pext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_SET_TX_KEY) -- 2.18.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel