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strncpy Is Finally Gone: What Linux 7.2-rc1 Means for Kernel Security
Linus opened the 7.2 merge window and tagged 7.2-rc1 — and with it, strncpy() is finally gone from the kernel tree. Six years, 362 commits, 70 contributors. Here's what the function actually did wrong, why it took so long to kill, and why removal beats deprecation.