+ checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: prefer strscpy to strlcpy
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch

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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: checkpatch: prefer strscpy to strlcpy

Prefer strscpy over the deprecated strlcpy function.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/19fe91084890e2c16fe56f960de6c570a93fa99b.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Requested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6646,6 +6646,12 @@ sub process {
 #			}
 #		}
 
+# strlcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
+		if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("STRLCPY",
+			     "Prefer strscpy over strlcpy - see: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw\@mail.gmail.com/\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
 		if ($perl_version_ok &&
 		    defined $stat &&
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@perches.com are

checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch