On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 10:30:54PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings > [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string > interfaces. > > Other implementations of .*get_drvinfo use strscpy so this patch brings > lan78xx_get_drvinfo() in line as well: > > igb/igb_ethtool.c +851 > static void igb_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, > > igbvf/ethtool.c > 167:static void igbvf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, > > i40e/i40e_ethtool.c > 1999:static void i40e_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, > > e1000/e1000_ethtool.c > 529:static void e1000_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, > > ixgbevf/ethtool.c > 211:static void ixgbevf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> Andrew
