Hi Nick, Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on hnaz-linux-mm/master] [also build test ERROR on kees/for-next/pstore linus/master v5.8 next-20200814] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Nick-Desaulniers/lib-string-c-implement-stpcpy/20200816-090542 base: https://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm master config: ia64-defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: ia64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross ARCH=ia64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot All errors (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<): >> ERROR: modpost: "stpcpy" [sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko] undefined! --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org