The use of strlcpy() is considered deprecated [1]. In this particular context, there is no need to remain with strlcpy(). Therefore we transition to strscpy(). [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/module/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index a4d23b0ebbc0..c5db13d06995 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user, async_synchronize_full(); /* Store the name of the last unloaded module for diagnostic purposes */ - strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module)); + strscpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module)); free_module(mod); /* someone could wait for the module in add_unformed_module() */ -- 2.34.3