net/ipv4/arp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
Generated by a coccinelle script.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
---
net/ipv4/arp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 87c7e3fc5197..4f7237661afb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static int arp_req_get(struct arpreq *r, struct net_device *dev)
r->arp_flags = arp_state_to_flags(neigh);
read_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
r->arp_ha.sa_family = dev->type;
- strlcpy(r->arp_dev, dev->name, sizeof(r->arp_dev));
+ strscpy(r->arp_dev, dev->name, sizeof(r->arp_dev));
err = 0;
}
neigh_release(neigh);
--
2.35.1
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:02:19 +0200 you wrote:
> Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
> subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
> Generated by a coccinelle script.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- ipv4: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/01e454f243f0
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