Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] lib/string.c: implement stpcpy | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:37:03 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 11:30 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Most of the uses of strcpy() in the kernel are just copying between two > known-at-compile-time NUL-terminated character arrays. We had wanted to > introduce stracpy() for this, but Linus objected to yet more string > functions.
https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/24bb53c57767c1c2a8f266c305a670f7@sk2.org/T/
I still think stracpy is a good idea.
Maybe when the strcpy/strlcpy uses are removed it'll be more acceptable.
And here's a cocci script to convert most of them. https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/b9bb5550b264d4b29b2b20f7ff8b1b40d20def6a.camel@perches.com/
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