From: Xiongfeng Wang <xiongfeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> gcc-8 reports fs/ext4/super.c: In function '__save_error_info.isra.6': ./include/linux/string.h:245:9: warning: '__builtin_strncpy' specified bound 32 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation] We need to use strlcpy() to make sure the dest string is nul-terminated. Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <xiongfeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 7c46693..051b988 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ static void __save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, const char *func, return; es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_ERROR_FS); es->s_last_error_time = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds()); - strncpy(es->s_last_error_func, func, sizeof(es->s_last_error_func)); + strlcpy(es->s_last_error_func, func, sizeof(es->s_last_error_func)); es->s_last_error_line = cpu_to_le32(line); if (!es->s_first_error_time) { es->s_first_error_time = es->s_last_error_time; - strncpy(es->s_first_error_func, func, + strlcpy(es->s_first_error_func, func, sizeof(es->s_first_error_func)); es->s_first_error_line = cpu_to_le32(line); es->s_first_error_ino = es->s_last_error_ino; -- 1.8.3.1