The patch titled
Subject: mm: huge_memory: use strscpy() instead of strcpy()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-huge_memory-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-huge_memory-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: MaÃra Canal <mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: huge_memory: use strscpy() instead of strcpy()
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 13:54:09 -0300
Replace strcpy() with strscpy() in mm/huge_memory.c
strcpy() has been deprecated because it is generally unsafe, so help to
eliminate it from the kernel source.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241101165719.1074234-7-mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: MaÃra Canal <mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int __init setup_thp_anon(char *s
if (!str || strlen(str) + 1 > PAGE_SIZE)
goto err;
- strcpy(str_dup, str);
+ strscpy(str_dup, str);
always = huge_anon_orders_always;
madvise = huge_anon_orders_madvise;
@@ -4167,7 +4167,7 @@ static ssize_t split_huge_pages_write(st
tok = strsep(&buf, ",");
if (tok) {
- strcpy(file_path, tok);
+ strscpy(file_path, tok);
} else {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-fix-docs-for-the-kernel-parameter-thp_anon=.patch
mm-shmem-control-thp-support-through-the-kernel-command-line.patch
mm-move-get_order_from_str-to-internalh.patch
mm-shmem-override-mthp-shmem-default-with-a-kernel-parameter.patch
mm-huge_memory-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy.patch
