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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 03/41] unifdef: use memcpy instead of strncpy
Date: Thu,  6 Dec 2018 15:38:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181206142950.018078943@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181206142949.757402551@linuxfoundation.org>

4.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

commit 38c7b224ce22c25fed04007839edf974bd13439d upstream.

New versions of gcc reasonably warn about the odd pattern of

	strncpy(p, q, strlen(q));

which really doesn't make sense: the strncpy() ends up being just a slow
and odd way to write memcpy() in this case.

There was a comment about _why_ the code used strncpy - to avoid the
terminating NUL byte, but memcpy does the same and avoids the warning.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 scripts/unifdef.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/scripts/unifdef.c
+++ b/scripts/unifdef.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ usage(void)
  * When we have processed a group that starts off with a known-false
  * #if/#elif sequence (which has therefore been deleted) followed by a
  * #elif that we don't understand and therefore must keep, we edit the
- * latter into a #if to keep the nesting correct. We use strncpy() to
+ * latter into a #if to keep the nesting correct. We use memcpy() to
  * overwrite the 4 byte token "elif" with "if  " without a '\0' byte.
  *
  * When we find a true #elif in a group, the following block will
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void Idrop (void) { Fdrop();  ign
 static void Itrue (void) { Ftrue();  ignoreon(); }
 static void Ifalse(void) { Ffalse(); ignoreon(); }
 /* modify this line */
-static void Mpass (void) { strncpy(keyword, "if  ", 4); Pelif(); }
+static void Mpass (void) { memcpy(keyword, "if  ", 4); Pelif(); }
 static void Mtrue (void) { keywordedit("else");  state(IS_TRUE_MIDDLE); }
 static void Melif (void) { keywordedit("endif"); state(IS_FALSE_TRAILER); }
 static void Melse (void) { keywordedit("endif"); state(IS_FALSE_ELSE); }



  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-12-06 15:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-06 14:38 [PATCH 4.19 00/41] 4.19.8-stable review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 01/41] blk-mq: fix corruption with direct issue Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 02/41] test_hexdump: use memcpy instead of strncpy Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 04/41] iser: set sector for ambiguous mr status errors Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 05/41] uprobes: Fix handle_swbp() vs. unregister() + register() race once more Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 06/41] mtd: nand: Fix memory allocation in nanddev_bbt_init() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 07/41] arm64: ftrace: Fix to enable syscall events on arm64 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 08/41] sched, trace: Fix prev_state output in sched_switch tracepoint Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 09/41] tracepoint: Use __idx instead of idx in DO_TRACE macro to make it unique Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 10/41] MIPS: ralink: Fix mt7620 nd_sd pinmux Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 11/41] mips: fix mips_get_syscall_arg o32 check Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 12/41] IB/mlx5: Avoid load failure due to unknown link width Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 13/41] tracing/fgraph: Fix set_graph_function from showing interrupts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 14/41] drm/ast: Fix incorrect free on ioregs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 15/41] drm/amd/dm: Dont forget to attach MST encoders Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 16/41] drm/amd/dm: Understand why attaching path/tile properties are needed Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 17/41] drm: set is_master to 0 upon drm_new_set_master() failure Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 18/41] drm/meson: Fixes for drm_crtc_vblank_on/off support Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:38 ` [PATCH 4.19 19/41] drm/meson: Enable fast_io in meson_dw_hdmi_regmap_config Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 20/41] drm/meson: Fix OOB memory accesses in meson_viu_set_osd_lut() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 21/41] userfaultfd: use ENOENT instead of EFAULT if the atomic copy user fails Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 22/41] userfaultfd: shmem: allocate anonymous memory for MAP_PRIVATE shmem Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 23/41] userfaultfd: shmem: add i_size checks Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 24/41] userfaultfd: shmem: UFFDIO_COPY: set the page dirty if VM_WRITE is not set Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 25/41] kgdboc: Fix restrict error Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 26/41] kgdboc: Fix warning with module build Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 27/41] svm: Add mutex_lock to protect apic_access_page_done on AMD systems Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 28/41] selinux: add support for RTM_NEWCHAIN, RTM_DELCHAIN, and RTM_GETCHAIN Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 29/41] i40e: Fix deletion of MAC filters Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 30/41] scsi: lpfc: fix block guard enablement on SLI3 adapters Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 31/41] Input: xpad - quirk all PDP Xbox One gamepads Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 32/41] Input: synaptics - add PNP ID for ThinkPad P50 to SMBus Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 33/41] Input: matrix_keypad - check for errors from of_get_named_gpio() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 34/41] Input: cros_ec_keyb - fix button/switch capability reports Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 35/41] Input: elan_i2c - add ELAN0620 to the ACPI table Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 36/41] Input: elan_i2c - add ACPI ID for Lenovo IdeaPad 330-15ARR Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 37/41] Input: elan_i2c - add support for ELAN0621 touchpad Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 38/41] btrfs: tree-checker: Dont check max block group size as current max chunk size limit is unreliable Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 39/41] ARC: change defconfig defaults to ARCv2 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 40/41] arc: [devboards] Add support of NFSv3 ACL Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 4.19 41/41] tipc: use destination length for copy string Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-06 20:32 ` [PATCH 4.19 00/41] 4.19.8-stable review kernelci.org bot
2018-12-06 22:10 ` shuah
2018-12-07  6:52   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-12-07  8:28 ` Naresh Kamboju
2018-12-07 20:31 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-12-08  9:02   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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