[PATCH] checkpatch: Prefer strscpy to strlcpy

[Joe Perches]

Prefer strscpy over the deprecated strlcpy function.

Requested-by: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 00085308ed9d..27679cc0ec17 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/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 &&