linux/lib/tests
Linus Torvalds 1a3746ccbb strncpy removal for v7.2-rc1
- Remove the per-arch strncpy implementations in alpha, m68k, powerpc,
   x86, and xtensa
 
 - Remove strncpy API
 
 Over the last 6 years working on strncpy removal there were 362 commits
 by 70 contributors. Folks with more than 1 commit were:
 
     211  Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
      22  Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>
      21  Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
      17  Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
      12  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
       4  Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
       4  Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
       2  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
       2  Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
       2  Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>
       2  Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
       2  Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
       2  Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
       2  Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>
       2  Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 iHUEABYKAB0WIQRSPkdeREjth1dHnSE2KwveOeQkuwUCajSC5QAKCRA2KwveOeQk
 u+L0AQCqbRKDuNHKWwbdwv5Sy6nbsHLLd4//m+dJDesqbdMYfgD/UQyygfeicqep
 tXcP2krB9Mcl6qsMqNgkKAPpNTCPAwE=
 =FZ+4
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Merge tag 'strncpy-removal-v7.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull strncpy removal from Kees Cook:

 - Remove the per-arch strncpy implementations in alpha, m68k, powerpc,
   x86, and xtensa

 - Remove strncpy API

   Over the last 6 years working on strncpy removal there were 362
   commits by 70 contributors. Folks with more than 1 commit were:

    211  Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
     22  Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>
     21  Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
     17  Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
     12  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
      4  Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
      4  Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
      2  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      2  Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      2  Marcelo Moreira <marcelomoreira1905@gmail.com>
      2  Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
      2  Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
      2  Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
      2  Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>
      2  Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

* tag 'strncpy-removal-v7.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  string: Remove strncpy() from the kernel
  xtensa: Remove arch-specific strncpy() implementation
  x86: Remove arch-specific strncpy() implementation
  powerpc: Remove arch-specific strncpy() implementation
  m68k: Remove arch-specific strncpy() implementation
  alpha: Remove arch-specific strncpy() implementation
History 2026-06-19 14:56:45 -07:00
..
module tests/module: nix-ify 2025-03-10 11:54:13 +01:00
base64_kunit.c lib: add KUnit tests for base64 encoding/decoding 2025-11-20 14:03:44 -08:00
bitfield_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
bitops_kunit.c lib/tests: extend KUnit test for bitops with more cases 2026-02-08 18:47:29 -05:00
blackhole_dev_kunit.c Networking changes for 6.15. 2025-03-26 21:48:21 -07:00
checksum_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
cmdline_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
cpumask_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
ffs_kunit.c KUnit: ffs: Validate all the __attribute_const__ annotations 2025-09-08 14:58:52 -07:00
fortify_kunit.c string: Remove strncpy() from the kernel 2026-06-18 16:39:31 -07:00
glob_kunit.c lib/glob: convert selftest to KUnit 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
hashtable_test.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
is_signed_type_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
kfifo_kunit.c lib/tests/kfifo_kunit.c: add tests for the kfifo structure 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
kunit_iov_iter.c lib: kunit_iov_iter: fix test fail on powerpc 2026-05-13 17:40:02 -07:00
list-private-test.c list: add kunit test for private list primitives 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
list-test.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
liveupdate.c liveupdate: remove liveupdate_test_unregister() 2026-04-18 00:10:50 -07:00
longest_symbol_kunit.c kunit: fix longest symbol length test 2025-07-10 14:02:07 -06:00
Makefile printf: Compile the kunit test with DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING 2026-04-15 09:36:30 +02:00
memcpy_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
min_heap_kunit.c lib/tests: convert test_min_heap module to KUnit 2026-01-26 19:07:10 -08:00
overflow_kunit.c kunit/overflow: Add tests for STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE() helper 2025-05-08 09:42:05 -07:00
printf_kunit.c Merge branch 'for-7.2-vsprintf-pmM-uppercase' into for-linus 2026-06-17 08:58:22 +02:00
randstruct_kunit.c lib/tests: randstruct: Add deep function pointer layout test 2025-05-08 09:42:40 -07:00
scanf_kunit.c scanf: break kunit into test cases 2025-03-14 13:56:15 -07:00
seq_buf_kunit.c seq_buf: Export seq_buf_putmem_hex() and add KUnit tests 2026-05-21 18:03:06 -04:00
siphash_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
slub_kunit.c lib/tests/slub_kunit: add a test case for {kmalloc,kfree}_nolock 2026-04-07 11:21:32 +02:00
stackinit_kunit.c Kbuild: remove structleak gcc plugin 2025-04-30 21:57:09 +02:00
string_helpers_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
string_kunit.c lib/string_kunit: extend benchmarks to strnlen() and chr searches 2026-04-04 18:42:44 -06:00
test_bits.c test_bits: add tests for __GENMASK() and __GENMASK_ULL() 2025-07-31 11:28:03 -04:00
test_fprobe.c lib/test_fprobe: add testcase for mixed fprobe 2025-11-11 22:32:09 +09:00
test_hash.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
test_kprobes.c test_kprobes: clear kprobes between test runs 2026-05-08 10:03:44 +09:00
test_linear_ranges.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
test_list_sort.c test_list_sort: fix up const mismatch 2026-01-05 15:32:03 -07:00
test_ratelimit.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
test_sort.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
usercopy_kunit.c kunit/usercopy: Disable u64 test on 32-bit SPARC 2025-04-28 10:32:43 -07:00
util_macros_kunit.c lib: Move KUnit tests into tests/ subdirectory 2025-02-10 18:25:39 -08:00
uuid_kunit.c lib/tests: convert test_uuid module to KUnit 2026-01-20 19:44:18 -08:00