| Message ID | 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-v1-1-00528f7524b3@google.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 4ddc1f1f7339e0a03bbf235a6670d497bbb22fb3 |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf | expand |
On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 10:27:52PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings > [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string > interfaces. > > ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. > Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function. > > Link: https://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 > Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> > --- > Note: build-tested only. > > Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" I agree that this is functionally equivalent. Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>: On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:27:52 +0000 you wrote: > strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings > [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string > interfaces. > > ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. > Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4ddc1f1f7339 You are awesome, thank you!
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c index c88edb19d2e7..1c7306a1af13 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c @@ -507,10 +507,8 @@ static void smsc_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data) { int i; - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) { - strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, - smsc_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN); - } + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", smsc_hw_stats[i].string); } static u64 smsc_get_stat(struct phy_device *phydev, int i)
strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function. Link: https://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 Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> --- Note: build-tested only. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/net/phy/smsc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-75dff87bab53 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>