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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] ext4: replace deprecated strncpy with alternatives
From:       "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso () mit ! edu>
Date:       2024-05-03 3:59:10
Message-ID: 171470889035.3010818.5490902997038029222.b4-ty () mit ! edu
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:03:10 +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.
> 
> in file.c:
> s_last_mounted is marked as __nonstring meaning it does not need to be
> NUL-terminated. Let's instead use strtomem_pad() to copy bytes from the
> string source to the byte array destination -- while also ensuring to
> pad with zeroes.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: replace deprecated strncpy with alternatives
      commit: 744a56389f7398f286231e062c2e63f0de01bcc6

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

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