From: Justin Stitt Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:27:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf X-Git-Tag: 6.7-rc-smb3-client-fixes-part2~73^2~130 X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ddc1f1f7339e0a03bbf235a6670d497bbb22fb3;p=sfrench%2Fcifs-2.6.git net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function. 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 Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-v1-1-00528f7524b3@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c index c88edb19d2e7..1c7306a1af13 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c @@ -507,10 +507,8 @@ static void smsc_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data) { int i; - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) { - strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, - smsc_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN); - } + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", smsc_hw_stats[i].string); } static u64 smsc_get_stat(struct phy_device *phydev, int i)