Linux 7.2 removes strncpy from kernel after six-year deprecation effort
A patch removing the strncpy function from the Linux kernel has landed in the Linux 7.2 development branch. Developers had long associated the API with recurring bugs and unclear behaviour. The effort to retire the function took over six years before finally making it into the mainline kernel.
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