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authorStephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>2019-06-13 18:25:48 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-06-20 14:08:49 -0600
commit220ee02a0b38726a90430e94714c87550dc3d476 (patch)
treed757901fe1d8644d050a3c8afda801b8f75795d9 /Documentation
parent4ae5b8f2140d18788979153370c83cf925092b5c (diff)
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docs: stop suggesting strlcpy
Since strlcpy is deprecated, the documentation shouldn't suggest using it. This patch fixes the examples to use strscpy instead. It also uses sizeof instead of underlying constants as far as possible, to simplify future changes to the corresponding data structures. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hid/hid-transport.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst6
5 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hid/hid-transport.txt b/Documentation/hid/hid-transport.txt
index 3dcba9fd4a3a..4f41d67f1b4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/hid/hid-transport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hid/hid-transport.txt
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ with HID core:
goto err_<...>;
}
- strlcpy(hid->name, <device-name-src>, 127);
- strlcpy(hid->phys, <device-phys-src>, 63);
- strlcpy(hid->uniq, <device-uniq-src>, 63);
+ strscpy(hid->name, <device-name-src>, sizeof(hid->name));
+ strscpy(hid->phys, <device-phys-src>, sizeof(hid->phys));
+ strscpy(hid->uniq, <device-uniq-src>, sizeof(hid->uniq));
hid->ll_driver = &custom_ll_driver;
hid->bus = <device-bus>;
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices
index 5a3e2f331e8c..345e9ea8281a 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int usb_hcd_nxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
(...)
i2c_adap = i2c_get_adapter(2);
memset(&i2c_info, 0, sizeof(struct i2c_board_info));
- strlcpy(i2c_info.type, "isp1301_nxp", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
+ strscpy(i2c_info.type, "isp1301_nxp", sizeof(i2c_info.type));
isp1301_i2c_client = i2c_new_probed_device(i2c_adap, &i2c_info,
normal_i2c, NULL);
i2c_put_adapter(i2c_adap);
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients
index ccba3ffd6e80..96392cc5b5c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int example_attach(struct i2c_adapter *adap, int addr, int kind)
example->client.adapter = adap;
i2c_set_clientdata(&state->i2c_client, state);
- strlcpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
+ strscpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", sizeof(client->i2c_client.name));
ret = i2c_attach_client(&state->i2c_client);
if (ret < 0) {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ can be removed:
- example->client.flags = 0;
- example->client.adapter = adap;
-
-- strlcpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
+- strscpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", sizeof(client->i2c_client.name));
The i2c_set_clientdata is now:
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index 519673df0e82..dc698ea456e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ to protect the cache and all the objects within it. Here's the code::
if ((obj = kmalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ Here is the code::
}
@@ -63,6 +94,7 @@
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
+ obj->refcnt = 1; /* The cache holds a reference */
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ the lock is no longer used to protect the reference count itself.
}
@@ -94,7 +76,7 @@
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
- obj->refcnt = 1; /* The cache holds a reference */
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index 0ef31666663b..5fd8a1abd2be 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ e tutti gli oggetti che contiene. Ecco il codice::
if ((obj = kmalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ Ecco il codice::
}
@@ -63,6 +94,7 @@
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
+ obj->refcnt = 1; /* The cache holds a reference */
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ contatore stesso.
}
@@ -94,7 +76,7 @@
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->id = id;
obj->popularity = 0;
- obj->refcnt = 1; /* The cache holds a reference */