strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers [1]. Use strscpy() instead and remove the manual NUL-termination.
Use min() to simplify the size calculation. Compile-tested only. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 84d8de07b7ae..9399e101f150 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -460,9 +460,8 @@ static ssize_t host_store_hp_ssd_smart_path_status(struct device *dev, if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EACCES; - len = count > sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 ? sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 : count; - strncpy(tmpbuf, buf, len); - tmpbuf[len] = '\0'; + len = min(count, sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1); + strscpy(tmpbuf, buf, len); if (sscanf(tmpbuf, "%d", &status) != 1) return -EINVAL; h = shost_to_hba(shost); @@ -484,9 +483,8 @@ static ssize_t host_store_raid_offload_debug(struct device *dev, if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EACCES; - len = count > sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 ? sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 : count; - strncpy(tmpbuf, buf, len); - tmpbuf[len] = '\0'; + len = min(count, sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1); + strscpy(tmpbuf, buf, len); if (sscanf(tmpbuf, "%d", &debug_level) != 1) return -EINVAL; if (debug_level < 0) -- 2.48.1
