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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib/strscpy: avoid KASAN false positive
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:39:32AM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:

> > We could just remove all that word-at-a-time logic. Do we have any
> > evidence that this would harm anything?
>
> The word-at-a-time logic was part of the initial commit since I wanted
> to ensure that strscpy could be used to replace strlcpy or strncpy without
> serious concerns about performance.

I'm curious what the typical length of the strings we're concerned about
in this case are if this makes a difference.

Dave

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