Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy

Christian König <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.amd-gfx,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 8/18/26 12:32, Amin Gattout wrote:
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> 
> strcpy() has been deprecated because it performs no bounds checking
> on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace
> it with the safer strscpy().  No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amin Gattout <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mca.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mca.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mca.c
> index cc6d1a4e4c3a..1caa393c44d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mca.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mca.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int amdgpu_mca_mp0_ras_sw_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>                 return err;
>         }
> 
> -       strcpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mp0");
> +       strscpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mp0");

Well taking a step back. Why do we use strcpy() here in the first place?

As far as I can see ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name could just we a "const char *", doesn't it?

Regards,
Christian.

>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.block = AMDGPU_RAS_BLOCK__MCA;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.sub_block_index = AMDGPU_RAS_MCA_BLOCK__MP0;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.type = AMDGPU_RAS_ERROR__MULTI_UNCORRECTABLE;
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int amdgpu_mca_mp1_ras_sw_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>                 return err;
>         }
> 
> -       strcpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mp1");
> +       strscpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mp1");
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.block = AMDGPU_RAS_BLOCK__MCA;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.sub_block_index = AMDGPU_RAS_MCA_BLOCK__MP1;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.type = AMDGPU_RAS_ERROR__MULTI_UNCORRECTABLE;
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int amdgpu_mca_mpio_ras_sw_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>                 return err;
>         }
> 
> -       strcpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mpio");
> +       strscpy(ras->ras_block.ras_comm.name, "mca.mpio");
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.block = AMDGPU_RAS_BLOCK__MCA;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.sub_block_index = AMDGPU_RAS_MCA_BLOCK__MPIO;
>         ras->ras_block.ras_comm.type = AMDGPU_RAS_ERROR__MULTI_UNCORRECTABLE;
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 0f23d56f17fdfc7db69d51f64c8b91bbab947aa9
> change-id: 20260818-amdgpu-strcpy-0e92d18299c6
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Amin Gattout <[email protected]>
>
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