On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 11:55:33AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM Thorsten Blum <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Use strnlen() to limit the destination scan to the provided buffer size. > > Remove the redundant comment. > > Please, do not spend time on amending strlcat(). This function must > die. Instead, convert current users to use alternative ways.
Note, there is a patch by Kees to address this in partitions framework (vast of the users of strlcat() in the kernel). Not sure if it's already pending in Linux Next or not yet. I have done a simple one in ACPI recently (in upstream already I believe). So, you can use those two examples and continue killing strlcat(). -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
