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 &&