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net: dsa: qca8k: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf
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`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
Let's replace strncpy in favor of this more robust and easier to
understand interface.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-qca-qca8k-common-c-v1-1-34c8040e0f32@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Justin Stitt authored and Jakub Kicinski committed Oct 11, 2023
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-common.c
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Expand Up @@ -487,8 +487,7 @@ void qca8k_get_strings(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, u32 stringset,
return;

for (i = 0; i < priv->info->mib_count; i++)
strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, ar8327_mib[i].name,
ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", ar8327_mib[i].name);
}

void qca8k_get_ethtool_stats(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
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