[PATCH] drbd: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy

Christoph Böhmwalder christoph.boehmwalder at linbit.com
Thu Feb 19 15:32:23 CET 2026


On 1/12/26 18:04, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] 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.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
> ---
>   drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c     | 14 +++++++++-----
>   drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c |  4 ++--
>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Looks good, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Böhmwalder <christoph.boehmwalder at linbit.com>


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