#1146537 tp-smapi-dkms: module fails to build for Linux 7.2: error: implicit declaration of function 'strncpy'

Package:
tp-smapi-dkms
Source:
tp-smapi-dkms
Description:
ThinkPad hardware/firmware access modules source - dkms version
Submitter:
Andreas Beckmann
Date:
2026-09-02 20:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1146537#5
Date:
2026-09-02 20:07:00 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

tp-smapi-dkms fails to build a module for Linux 7.2 in experimental:

DKMS (dkms-3.2.2) make.log for tp_smapi/0.45 for kernel 7.2-amd64 (x86_64)
Wed Sep  2 19:45:18 UTC 2026

Building module(s)
# command: make -j14 KERNELRELEASE=7.2-amd64 -C /lib/modules/7.2-amd64/build M=/var/lib/dkms/tp_smapi/0.45/build HDAPS=1
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-amd64'
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/tp_smapi/0.45/build'
  CC [M]  thinkpad_ec.o
  CC [M]  tp_smapi.o
  CC [M]  hdaps.o
tp_smapi.c: In function 'show_tp_ec_bat_str':
tp_smapi.c:672:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'strncpy' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  672 |         strncpy(buf, (char *)row+offset, maxlen);
      |         ^~~~~~~
tp_smapi.c:47:1: note: include '<string.h>' or provide a declaration of 'strncpy'
   46 | #include <linux/platform_device.h>
  +++ |+#include <string.h>
   47 | #include <asm/uaccess.h>
tp_smapi.c:672:9: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'strncpy' [-Wbuiltin-declaration-mismatch]
  672 |         strncpy(buf, (char *)row+offset, maxlen);
      |         ^~~~~~~
tp_smapi.c:672:9: note: include '<string.h>' or provide a declaration of 'strncpy'
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/scripts/Makefile.build:294: tp_smapi.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/Makefile:2211: .] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/Makefile:260: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/tp_smapi/0.45/build'
make: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/Makefile:260: __sub-make] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-amd64'

# exit code: 2
# elapsed time: 00:00:01
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Andreas