From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:56:45 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge tag 'strncpy-removal-v7.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel... 
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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
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