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arm64/sysreg: refactor deprecated strncpy
`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1]. Which seems to be the case here due to the forceful setting of `buf`'s
tail to 0.
A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it
guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is
_not_ the case for `strncpy`!
In this case, we can simplify the logic and also check for any silent
truncation by using `strscpy`'s return value.
This should have no functional change and yet uses a more robust and
less ambiguous interface whilst reducing code complexity.
Link: 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: KSPP#90
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230811-strncpy-arch-arm64-v2-1-ba84eabffadb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>1 parent 18b8f57 commit d232606
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