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checkpatch: suppress strscpy warnings for userspace tools

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The checkpatch.pl script currently warns against the use of strcpy,
strlcpy, and strncpy, recommending strscpy as a safer alternative. 
However, these warnings are also triggered for code under tools/ and
scripts/, which are userspace utilities where strscpy is not available. 
This patch suppresses these warnings for files in tools/ and scripts/.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250923171722.7798-1-suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Suchit Karunakaran
2025-09-23 22:47:21 +05:30
committed by Andrew Morton
parent 20a8e0454d
commit 99b70ece33
1 changed files with 8 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -2636,6 +2636,11 @@ sub exclude_global_initialisers {
$realfile =~ m@/bpf/.*\.bpf\.c$@;
}
sub is_userspace {
my ($realfile) = @_;
return ($realfile =~ m@^tools/@ || $realfile =~ m@^scripts/@);
}
sub process {
my $filename = shift;
@@ -7018,21 +7023,20 @@ sub process {
# }
# }
# }
# strcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/) {
if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strlcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/) {
if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRLCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strlcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strncpy uses that should likely be strscpy or strscpy_pad
if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/) {
if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRNCPY",
"Prefer strscpy, strscpy_pad, or __nonstring over strncpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90\n" . $herecurr);
}