[PATCH v2 0/3] lib: remove use of strncpy

[David Marchand]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 at 15:44, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
>
> Taking a lead from the kernel, which has just finished a multi-year
> effort to remove use of strncpy[1], rework DPDK to remove use of the
> same function. This series removes all remaining uses of strncpy
> in lib directory.
>
> [1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy
>
> V2: resubmit for 26.11, applying the series-reviewed-by as individual
>     per-patch tags.
>
> Bruce Richardson (3):
>   ethdev: remove use of strncpy
>   eventdev: improve bounds checks for names in adapter create
>   vhost: remove use of strncpy
>
>  lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.c              |  7 ++++++-
>  lib/eventdev/rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.c |  4 ++--
>  lib/vhost/socket.c                      |  4 +---
>  lib/vhost/vduse.c                       |  2 +-
>  lib/vhost/vhost.c                       | 12 +++---------
>  lib/vhost/vhost.h                       |  2 +-
>  6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Series applied.

Thanks for the cleanup Bruce.


-- 
David Marchand