From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFEA2C4360F for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2019 13:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E7120856 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2019 13:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732176AbfDBNqM (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Apr 2019 09:46:12 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:43154 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731425AbfDBNkF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Apr 2019 09:40:05 -0400 Received: from [167.98.27.226] (helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hBJdw-0002oJ-Ov; Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:40:01 +0100 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hBJdv-0004tZ-VJ; Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:39:59 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov , "Adrian Hunter" , "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" , "Jiri Olsa" , "Namhyung Kim" Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:38:27 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 39/99] perf help: Remove needless use of strncpy() In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 167.98.27.226 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.65-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo commit b6313899f4ed2e76b8375cf8069556f5b94fbff0 upstream. Since we make sure the destination buffer has at least strlen(orig) + 1, no need to do a strncpy(dest, orig, strlen(orig)), just use strcpy(dest, orig). This silences this gcc 8.2 warning on Alpine Linux: In function 'add_man_viewer', inlined from 'perf_help_config' at builtin-help.c:284:3: builtin-help.c:192:2: error: 'strncpy' output truncated before terminating nul copying as many bytes from a string as its length [-Werror=stringop-truncation] strncpy((*p)->name, name, len); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ builtin-help.c: In function 'perf_help_config': builtin-help.c:187:15: note: length computed here size_t len = strlen(name); ^~~~~~~~~~~~ Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Fixes: 078006012401 ("perf_counter tools: add in basic glue from Git") Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-2f69l7drca427ob4km8i7kvo@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- tools/perf/builtin-help.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void add_man_viewer(const char *n while (*p) p = &((*p)->next); *p = zalloc(sizeof(**p) + len + 1); - strncpy((*p)->name, name, len); + strcpy((*p)->name, name); } static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)