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Re: [PATCH] drivers/xen/xenbus: Replace deprecated strcpy in xenbus_transaction_end


  • To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:59:11 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:59:21 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 12.10.2025 21:55, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> --- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
> @@ -546,16 +546,13 @@ int xenbus_transaction_start(struct xenbus_transaction 
> *t)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenbus_transaction_start);
>  
>  /* End a transaction.
> - * If abandon is true, transaction is discarded instead of committed.
> + * If abort is true, transaction is discarded instead of committed.
>   */
> -int xenbus_transaction_end(struct xenbus_transaction t, int abort)
> +int xenbus_transaction_end(struct xenbus_transaction t, bool abort)
>  {
>       char abortstr[2];
>  
> -     if (abort)
> -             strcpy(abortstr, "F");
> -     else
> -             strcpy(abortstr, "T");

While at least in principle a compiler might be able to transform this into
code not using any library function at all, ...

> +     strscpy(abortstr, abort ? "F" : "T");

... the use of a n on-standard function (without equivalent compiler builtin)
doesn't permit this. IOW why not simply switch to e.g.

    char abortstr[2] = { [0] = abort ? 'F' : 'T' };

Jan



 


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