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net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function.

Link: https://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/90
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-v1-1-00528f7524b3@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
··· 507 507 { 508 508 int i; 509 509 510 - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) { 511 - strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, 512 - smsc_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN); 513 - } 510 + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) 511 + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", smsc_hw_stats[i].string); 514 512 } 515 513 516 514 static u64 smsc_get_stat(struct phy_device *phydev, int i)