* [PATCH] mm/cma: Replace snprintf with strscpy in cma_new_area
@ 2026-01-26 17:45 Thorsten Blum
2026-01-27 0:47 ` SeongJae Park
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-01-26 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton, David Hildenbrand, Lorenzo Stoakes,
Liam R. Howlett, Vlastimil Babka, Mike Rapoport,
Suren Baghdasaryan, Michal Hocko
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-mm, linux-kernel
Replace snprintf("%s", ...) with the faster and more direct strscpy().
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
mm/cma.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index 813e6dc7b095..44b43de28c13 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/sizes.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/string_choices.h>
#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <linux/cma.h>
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
cma_area_count++;
if (name)
- snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "%s", name);
+ strscpy(cma->name, name);
else
snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d\n", cma_area_count);
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
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* Re: [PATCH] mm/cma: Replace snprintf with strscpy in cma_new_area
2026-01-26 17:45 [PATCH] mm/cma: Replace snprintf with strscpy in cma_new_area Thorsten Blum
@ 2026-01-27 0:47 ` SeongJae Park
2026-01-27 0:54 ` Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: SeongJae Park @ 2026-01-27 0:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thorsten Blum
Cc: SeongJae Park, Andrew Morton, David Hildenbrand, Lorenzo Stoakes,
Liam R. Howlett, Vlastimil Babka, Mike Rapoport,
Suren Baghdasaryan, Michal Hocko, linux-mm, linux-kernel
Hello Thorsten,
On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:45:15 +0100 Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> wrote:
> Replace snprintf("%s", ...) with the faster and more direct strscpy().
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
> mm/cma.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index 813e6dc7b095..44b43de28c13 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/sizes.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/string_choices.h>
> #include <linux/log2.h>
> #include <linux/cma.h>
> @@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> cma_area_count++;
>
> if (name)
> - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "%s", name);
> + strscpy(cma->name, name);
Any reason to drop CMA_MAX_NAME protection? You can pass the size of
destination buffer as the third argument of strscpy().
Thanks,
SJ
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* Re: [PATCH] mm/cma: Replace snprintf with strscpy in cma_new_area
2026-01-27 0:47 ` SeongJae Park
@ 2026-01-27 0:54 ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-27 1:05 ` SeongJae Park
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-01-27 0:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: SeongJae Park
Cc: Thorsten Blum, David Hildenbrand, Lorenzo Stoakes,
Liam R. Howlett, Vlastimil Babka, Mike Rapoport,
Suren Baghdasaryan, Michal Hocko, linux-mm, linux-kernel
On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:47:22 -0800 SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
> > @@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> > cma_area_count++;
> >
> > if (name)
> > - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "%s", name);
> > + strscpy(cma->name, name);
>
> Any reason to drop CMA_MAX_NAME protection? You can pass the size of
> destination buffer as the third argument of strscpy().
strscpy() will now use sizeof(cma->name):
char name[CMA_MAX_NAME];
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* Re: [PATCH] mm/cma: Replace snprintf with strscpy in cma_new_area
2026-01-27 0:54 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2026-01-27 1:05 ` SeongJae Park
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: SeongJae Park @ 2026-01-27 1:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton
Cc: SeongJae Park, Thorsten Blum, David Hildenbrand, Lorenzo Stoakes,
Liam R. Howlett, Vlastimil Babka, Mike Rapoport,
Suren Baghdasaryan, Michal Hocko, linux-mm, linux-kernel
On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:54:50 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:47:22 -0800 SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > > @@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> > > cma_area_count++;
> > >
> > > if (name)
> > > - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "%s", name);
> > > + strscpy(cma->name, name);
> >
> > Any reason to drop CMA_MAX_NAME protection? You can pass the size of
> > destination buffer as the third argument of strscpy().
>
> strscpy() will now use sizeof(cma->name):
>
> char name[CMA_MAX_NAME];
Ah, you're right.
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Thanks,
SJ
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