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`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is _not_ the case for `strncpy`! In this case, it is a simple swap from `strncpy` to `strscpy`. There is one slight difference, though. If NUL-padding is a functional requirement here we should opt for `strscpy_pad`. It seems like this shouldn't be needed as I see no obvious signs of any padding being required. Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1] Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230822-strncpy-arch-x86-kernel-hpet-v1-1-2c7d3be86f4a@google.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.