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`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. `aoe_iflist` is expected to be NUL-terminated which is evident by its use with string apis later on like `strspn`: | p = aoe_iflist + strspn(aoe_iflist, WHITESPACE); It also seems `aoe_iflist` does not need to be NUL-padded which means `strscpy` [2] is a suitable replacement due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer while not unnecessarily NUL-padding. 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 Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn> Cc: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230919-strncpy-drivers-block-aoe-aoenet-c-v2-1-3d5d158410e9@google.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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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.