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checkpatch: prefer strscpy to strlcpy

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Prefer strscpy over the deprecated strlcpy function.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/19fe91084890e2c16fe56f960de6c570a93fa99b.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Requested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2020-12-29 15:14:31 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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commit 5dbdb2d87c
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@ -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 &&