On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:14:14PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:27:25 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > > > `strncpy` is deprecated and we should prefer more robust string apis. > > > > > > In this case, `message.str` is not expected to be NUL-terminated as it > > > is simply a buffer of characters residing in a union which allows for > > > named fields representing 8 bytes each. There is only one caller of > > > `tdx_panic()` and they use a 59-length string for `msg`: > > > | const char *msg = "TD misconfiguration: SEPT_VE_DISABLE attribute must > > > be set."; > > > > > > [...] > > > > This appears to be trivially correct, so I can take it via my tree. > > > > Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks! > > > > [1/1] x86/tdx: refactor deprecated strncpy > > https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/e32c46753312 > > Please don't apply - Dave had some reservations, plus after the > change the comment would be now out of sync with the code ... > > Also, we generally carry such patches in the x86 tree.
I've dropped it now. Thanks! -- Kees Cook
