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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:36:33 +0200
From:   Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] EDAC/mc: Prefer strscpy over strcpy
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Hi,

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 08:26:10PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 12:28:07PM +0200, Len Baker wrote:
> > This is a task of the KSPP [1] and the main reason is to clean up the
> > proliferation of str*cpy functions in the kernel.
>
> That I understood - you prominently explain where the patches stem from.
>
> What I can't parse is that formulation "previous step". What previous
> step do you mean?

Well, the main purpose is to clean up the proliferation of str*cpy functio=
ns.
One task is to remove the strcpy uses: The first step (previous step) woul=
d
be to remove all the strcpy uses. Then, as a second step remove all the
strcpy implementations.

I hope that this clarify your question.

Regards,
Len