arm64/sysreg: refactor deprecated strncpy
`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. Which seems to be the case here due to the forceful setting of `buf`'s tail to 0. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is _not_ the case for `strncpy`! In this case, we can simplify the logic and also check for any silent truncation by using `strscpy`'s return value. This should have no functional change and yet uses a more robust and less ambiguous interface whilst reducing code complexity. Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1] Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230811-strncpy-arch-arm64-v2-1-ba84eabffadb@google.comSigned-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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