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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 01:13:33 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] netfilter: nf_tables: refactor deprecated strncpy
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> wrote:
> Prefer `strscpy` over `strncpy`.

No, this relies on zeroing out the entire register.

If you absolutely have to do this, use _pad version.