Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in bpf_object__new()

[Suchit K]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 at 21:09, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM Suchit K <suchitkarunakaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > This is user-space libbpf code, where the API contract mandates that
> > > the path argument is a well-formed zero-terminated C string. Plus, if
> > > you look at the few lines above, we allocate just enough space to fit
> > > the entire contents of the string without truncation.
> > >
> > > In other words, there is nothing to fix or improve here.
> > >
> >
> > Even though it’s safe in this context, would it still be a good idea
> > to replace strcpy() with something like memcpy() since it's
>
> no, there is no need. And keep in mind that this is libbpf library
> source code, which is developed as part of kernel repo, but isn't
> running inside the kernel itself
>

Yup got it. Thank you so much for the clarification.