The changes modernizes the code by aligning it with current kernel best practices. It improves code clarity and consistency, as strncpy is deprecated as explained in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. This change does not alter the functionality or introduce any behavioral changes. Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v2: - Fixing some errors in the commit message. Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/CAPZ3m_iNj2zwpAovv3BTz8gNp5XzdxSRHBFonM9sJvaSjYVBeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c index 953ce7be78dc..5902398185a8 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ xrep_symlink_salvage_inline( return 0; nr = min(XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN, xfs_inode_data_fork_size(ip)); - strncpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr); + memcpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr); return nr; } -- 2.50.1