`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
`make_first_field()` should use similar implementation to `make_field()`
due to memcpy having more obvious behavior here. The end result yields
the same behavior as the previous `strncpy`-based implementation
including the NUL-padding.
Link: http://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
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Note:
This follows up on a previous RFC which can be found here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230811-strncpy-arch-powerpc-platforms-ps3-v1-0-301052a5663e@google.com/
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arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
index 205763061a2d..1abe33fbe529 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ static void _dump_node(unsigned int lpar_id, u64 n1, u64 n2, u64 n3, u64 n4,
static u64 make_first_field(const char *text, u64 index)
{
- u64 n;
+ u64 n = 0;
- strncpy((char *)&n, text, 8);
+ memcpy((char *)&n, text, strnlen(text, sizeof(n)));
return PS3_VENDOR_ID_NONE + (n >> 32) + index;
}
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base-commit: 2ccdd1b13c591d306f0401d98dedc4bdcd02b421
change-id: 20230816-strncpy-arch-powerpc-platforms-ps3-repository-85a1c867ed23
Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <[email protected]>