Re: [PATCH] net: ipconfig: replace strncpy with strscpy

[Simon Horman]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 08:58:30PM +0530, Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> Replace the deprecated strncpy() with strscpy() as the destination
> buffer is NUL-terminated and does not require any
> trailing NUL-padding. Also increase the length to 252
> as NUL-termination is guaranteed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Pranav,

As a non-bug fix for Networking code this should be targeted
at net-next. And it's helpful to do so explicitly in the patch subject,
like this:

	[PATCH v2 net-next] ...

Also, unfortunately the timing of this patch is not good
as net-next is currently closed for the merge window.

You can find more information about the above,
and other aspects of the workflow for the Networking subsystem
in https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html


## Form letter - net-next-closed

The merge window for v6.16 has begun and therefore net-next is closed
for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations. We are
currently accepting bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after June 8th.

RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.

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