On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 08:23:59AM +0200, Sandro Volery wrote: > strcpy was used multiple times in strcpy to write into dev->name. > I replaced them with strscpy. > > Signed-off-by: Sandro Volery <sandro@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c > index 8889494adf1f..cf8e9a23ebf9 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c > @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > priv->imode = CVMX_HELPER_INTERFACE_MODE_DISABLED; > priv->port = CVMX_PIP_NUM_INPUT_PORTS; > priv->queue = -1; > - strcpy(dev->name, "pow%d"); > + strscpy(dev->name, "pow%d", sizeof(dev->name)); Is there a program which is generating a warning for this code? We know that "pow%d" is 6 characters and static analysis tools can understand this code fine so we know it's safe. regards, dan carpenter _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel