Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:34:00 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: simplify mlx5_set_driver_version string assignments |
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 09:29:57PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > In total, just assigning this version string takes: > (1) strncpy()'s > (5) strlen()'s > (3) strncat()'s > (1) snprintf()'s > (4) max_t()'s > > Moreover, `strncpy` is deprecated [1] and `strncat` really shouldn't be > used either [2]. With this in mind, let's simply use a single > `snprintf`.
Yes, please! readability++
> > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.6-rc5/source/include/linux/fortify-string.h#L448 [2] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
-- Kees Cook
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