On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 06:57:31PM +0530, B K Karthik wrote: > In gbaudio_remove_controls() , replace the usage of strlcpy() with > strscpy() because strlcpy() only limits the *destination* > size, and the source is always read fully. > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > was quoted by checkpatch while showing this warning. > > Signed-off-by: B K Karthik <bkkarthik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c > index 3011b8abce38..1ed4772d2771 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c > @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int gbaudio_remove_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct device *dev, > snprintf(id.name, sizeof(id.name), "%s %s", prefix, > control->name); > else > - strlcpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name)); > + strscpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name)); Is this something that matters here? Isn't the string coming from the kernel (i.e. a trusted source), or if not, where is it coming from? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel