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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-01-20 14:35:31 -0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-01-20 14:35:31 -0300
commitcd07e536b0201fceffd90a701bfb1e1fc07fcd34 (patch)
tree4777d4b2f749b279fc07bd41f11b88c9e4578afe /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parentperf tools: Add 'ping' control command (diff)
parentMerge tag 'task_work-2021-01-19' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To pick up fixes. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 00085308ed9d..92e888ed939f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -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 &&