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`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. Even call sites utilizing length-bounded destination buffers should switch over to using `strtomem` or `strtomem_pad`. In this case, however, the compiler is unable to determine the size of the `data` buffer which renders `strtomem` unusable. Due to this, `strscpy` should be used. It should be noted that most call sites already zero-initialize the destination buffer. However, I've opted to use `strscpy_pad` to maintain the same exact behavior that `strncpy` produced (zero-padded tail up to `len`). Also see [3]. [1]: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [2]: elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.3/source/net/ethtool/ioctl.c#L1944 [3]: manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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.