On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 1:58 AM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:57 AM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 01:49 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > I do not have time to keep track of the discussion fully, > > > but could you give me a little more context why > > > the usage of stpcpy() is not recommended ? > > > > > > The implementation of strcpy() is almost the same. > > > It is unclear to me what makes stpcpy() unsafe.. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202008150921.B70721A359@keescook/ > > > > > It's the same thing that makes strcpy unsafe: > > > > Unchecked buffer lengths with no guarantee src is terminated. > OK, then stpcpy(), strcpy() and sprintf() have the same level of unsafety. strcpy() is used everywhere. I am not convinced why only stpcpy() should be hidden. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
