* [merged] checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch removed from -mm tree
@ 2020-12-31 18:22 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2020-12-31 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: akpm, joe, mm-commits
The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: prefer strscpy to strlcpy
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-prefer-strscpy-to-strlcpy.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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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
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