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    Merge branch 'strscpy' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile · 30c44659
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull strscpy string copy function implementation from Chris Metcalf.
    
    Chris sent this during the merge window, but I waffled back and forth on
    the pull request, which is why it's going in only now.
    
    The new "strscpy()" function is definitely easier to use and more secure
    than either strncpy() or strlcpy(), both of which are horrible nasty
    interfaces that have serious and irredeemable problems.
    
    strncpy() has a useless return value, and doesn't NUL-terminate an
    overlong result.  To make matters worse, it pads a short result with
    zeroes, which is a performance disaster if you have big buffers.
    
    strlcpy(), by contrast, is a mis-designed "fix" for strlcpy(), lacking
    the insane NUL padding, but having a differently broken return value
    which returns the original length of the source string.  Which means
    that it will read characters past the count from the source buffer, and
    you have to trust the source to be properly ter...
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