diff mbox series

[linux-next] rpmsg: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

Message ID 202212231044105692444@zte.com.cn (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
Headers show
Series [linux-next] rpmsg: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy() | expand

Commit Message

Yang Yang Dec. 23, 2022, 2:44 a.m. UTC
From: Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>

The implementation of strscpy() is more robust and safer.
That's now the recommended way to copy NUL-terminated strings.

Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com>
---
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Mathieu Poirier Jan. 5, 2023, 9:04 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 10:44:10AM +0800, yang.yang29@zte.com.cn wrote:
> From: Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>
> 
> The implementation of strscpy() is more robust and safer.
> That's now the recommended way to copy NUL-terminated strings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> index c70ad03ff2e9..c7b5b60aef4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> @@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ static int rpmsg_ns_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *data, int len,
>  	}
> 
>  	/* don't trust the remote processor for null terminating the name */
> -	msg->name[RPMSG_NAME_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
> -

This is broken.

> -	strncpy(chinfo.name, msg->name, sizeof(chinfo.name));
> +	strscpy(chinfo.name, msg->name, sizeof(chinfo.name));

In this case there isn't a need to use strscpy() since we _know_ from the above
that msg->name is NULL terminated.

>  	chinfo.src = RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
>  	chinfo.dst = rpmsg32_to_cpu(rpdev, msg->addr);
> 
> -- 
> 2.15.2
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
index c70ad03ff2e9..c7b5b60aef4d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@  static int rpmsg_ns_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *data, int len,
 	}

 	/* don't trust the remote processor for null terminating the name */
-	msg->name[RPMSG_NAME_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
-
-	strncpy(chinfo.name, msg->name, sizeof(chinfo.name));
+	strscpy(chinfo.name, msg->name, sizeof(chinfo.name));
 	chinfo.src = RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
 	chinfo.dst = rpmsg32_to_cpu(rpdev, msg->addr);