#1146622 xtables-addons-dkms: module fails to build for Linux 7.2: error: implicit declaration of function 'strncpy'

#1146622#5
Date:
2026-09-03 20:03:49 UTC
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Hi,

xtables-addons-dkms fails to build a module for Linux 7.2 in
experimental:

# CC [M]  xt_quota2.o
   x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-16 -Wp,-MMD,./.xt_quota2.o.d -nostdinc -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/arch/x86/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-rt-amd64/arch/x86/include/generated -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-rt-a
md64/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/arch/x86/include/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-rt-amd64/arch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/include/uapi -I/usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-rt-amd64/include/generated/uapi -includ
e /usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/include/linux/compiler-version.h -include /usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/include/linux/kconfig.h -include /usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-common/include/linux/compiler_types.h -D__KERNEL__ -fshort-wchar -funsigned-char -fno-
common -fno-PIE -fno-strict-aliasing -std=gnu11 -fms-extensions -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -mno-sse4a -fcf-protection=branch -fno-jump-tables -m64 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3
 -mskip-rax-setup -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -mstack-protector-guard-reg=gs -mstack-protector-guard-symbol=__ref_stack_chk_guard -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branc
h-register -mindirect-branch-cs-prefix -mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fno-jump-tables -mharden-sls=all -fpatchable-function-entry=16,16 -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -fno-allow-store-data-races -fstack-protector-strong -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -fz
ero-init-padding-bits=all -fno-stack-clash-protection -fdiagnostics-show-context=2 -pg -mrecord-mcount -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -fmin-function-alignment=16 -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 -fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -fno-builtin-wcslen -W
all -Wextra -Wundef -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-format-security -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-frame-address -Wno-address-of-packed-member -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wfr
ame-larger-than=2048 -Wno-main -Wno-type-limits -Wno-dangling-pointer -Wvla-larger-than=1 -Wno-pointer-sign -Wcast-function-type -Wno-unterminated-string-initialization -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-stringop-overflow -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -Wimplicit-fallthrou
gh=5 -Werror=date-time -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -Wenum-conversion -Wunused -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable -Wno-packed-not-aligned -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-stringop-truncation
-Wno-override-init -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-shift-negative-value -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -g  -fsanitize=bounds-strict -fsanitize=shift    -DMODULE  -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"xt_quota2"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"xt_quo
ta2"' -D__KBUILD_MODNAME=xt_quota2 -c -o xt_quota2.o xt_quota2.c   ; /usr/src/linux-headers-7.2-rt-amd64/tools/objtool/objtool --hacks=jump_label --hacks=noinstr --hacks=skylake --ibt --prefix=16 --orc --retpoline --rethunk --sls --static-call --uaccess  --l
ink  --module xt_quota2.o
xt_quota2.c: In function 'q2_new_counter':
xt_quota2.c:145:17: error: implicit declaration of function 'strncpy' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  145 |                 strncpy(e->name, q->name, sizeof(e->name));
      |                 ^~~~~~~
xt_quota2.c:31:1: note: include '<string.h>' or provide a declaration of 'strncpy'
   30 | #include "compat_xtables.h"
  +++ |+#include <string.h>
   31 |
xt_quota2.c:145:17: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'strncpy' [-Wbuiltin-declaration-mismatch]
  145 |                 strncpy(e->name, q->name, sizeof(e->name));
      |                 ^~~~~~~
xt_quota2.c:145:17: note: include '<string.h>' or provide a declaration of 'strncpy'

and elsewhere, too.


Andreas