diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
index ecfe7330235031468234c9d040b979067697e1d5..46a24b4ead097744f41547034edb0aedb682d0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c
@@ -2621,8 +2621,8 @@ ksocknal_enumerate_interfaces(ksock_net_t *net)
 
 		net->ksnn_interfaces[j].ksni_ipaddr = ip;
 		net->ksnn_interfaces[j].ksni_netmask = mask;
-		strncpy(&net->ksnn_interfaces[j].ksni_name[0],
-			names[i], IFNAMSIZ);
+		strlcpy(net->ksnn_interfaces[j].ksni_name,
+			names[i], sizeof(net->ksnn_interfaces[j].ksni_name));
 		j++;
 	}
 
@@ -2805,8 +2805,9 @@ ksocknal_startup(lnet_ni_t *ni)
 				goto fail_1;
 			}
 
-			strncpy(&net->ksnn_interfaces[i].ksni_name[0],
-				ni->ni_interfaces[i], IFNAMSIZ);
+			strlcpy(net->ksnn_interfaces[i].ksni_name,
+				ni->ni_interfaces[i],
+				sizeof(net->ksnn_interfaces[i].ksni_name));
 		}
 		net->ksnn_ninterfaces = i;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/config.c
index 4e8b54b86c7d1de2d7ec8664d11d45573f9f5514..5390ee9963ab4e8b6637e8e381dc35837d2aa3df 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/config.c
@@ -650,8 +650,8 @@ lnet_parse_route(char *str, int *im_a_router)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nets);
 
 	/* save a copy of the string for error messages */
-	strncpy(cmd, str, sizeof(cmd) - 1);
-	cmd[sizeof(cmd) - 1] = 0;
+	strncpy(cmd, str, sizeof(cmd));
+	cmd[sizeof(cmd) - 1] = '\0';
 
 	sep = str;
 	for (;;) {
@@ -972,11 +972,13 @@ lnet_splitnets(char *source, struct list_head *nets)
 			return 0;
 
 		offset += (int)(sep - tb->ltb_text);
-		tb2 = lnet_new_text_buf(strlen(sep));
+		len = strlen(sep);
+		tb2 = lnet_new_text_buf(len);
 		if (tb2 == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		strcpy(tb2->ltb_text, sep);
+		strncpy(tb2->ltb_text, sep, len);
+		tb2->ltb_text[len] = '\0';
 		list_add_tail(&tb2->ltb_list, nets);
 
 		tb = tb2;
@@ -1021,8 +1023,8 @@ lnet_match_networks(char **networksp, char *ip2nets, __u32 *ipaddrs, int nip)
 		tb = list_entry(raw_entries.next, struct lnet_text_buf_t,
 				    ltb_list);
 
-		strncpy(source, tb->ltb_text, sizeof(source)-1);
-		source[sizeof(source)-1] = 0;
+		strncpy(source, tb->ltb_text, sizeof(source));
+		source[sizeof(source)-1] = '\0';
 
 		/* replace ltb_text with the network(s) add on match */
 		rc = lnet_match_network_tokens(tb->ltb_text, ipaddrs, nip);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c
index 64a0335934f3d25cf38313a83468a2f1b1fb618f..1066c70434b11af4c23556a78e3d7f7d2e346ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ lstcon_sesrpc_prep(lstcon_node_t *nd, int transop,
 		msrq = &(*crpc)->crp_rpc->crpc_reqstmsg.msg_body.mksn_reqst;
 		msrq->mksn_sid     = console_session.ses_id;
 		msrq->mksn_force   = console_session.ses_force;
-		strncpy(msrq->mksn_name, console_session.ses_name,
-			strlen(console_session.ses_name));
+		strlcpy(msrq->mksn_name, console_session.ses_name,
+			sizeof(msrq->mksn_name));
 		break;
 
 	case LST_TRANS_SESEND:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
index 6862c9a15556e1bcd9e5851bee4bc0e899577e67..5619fc430e8d2cceea7f86ac3c8398561853bb3a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
@@ -1731,7 +1731,8 @@ lstcon_session_new(char *name, int key, unsigned feats,
 	console_session.ses_feats_updated = 0;
 	console_session.ses_timeout = (timeout <= 0) ?
 				      LST_CONSOLE_TIMEOUT : timeout;
-	strcpy(console_session.ses_name, name);
+	strlcpy(console_session.ses_name, name,
+		sizeof(console_session.ses_name));
 
 	rc = lstcon_batch_add(LST_DEFAULT_BATCH);
 	if (rc != 0)
@@ -1951,7 +1952,8 @@ lstcon_acceptor_handle(struct srpc_server_rpc *rpc)
 	if (grp->grp_userland == 0)
 		grp->grp_userland = 1;
 
-	strcpy(jrep->join_session, console_session.ses_name);
+	strlcpy(jrep->join_session, console_session.ses_name,
+		sizeof(jrep->join_session));
 	jrep->join_timeout = console_session.ses_timeout;
 	jrep->join_status  = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_disk.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_disk.h
index 5e1ac129a681e28f4620e81abff337bb3ca70cce..7c6933ffc9c177db1ba5c452a0eda47680df5412 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_disk.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_disk.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
    everything as string options */
 
 #define LMD_MAGIC    0xbdacbd03
+#define LMD_PARAMS_MAXLEN	4096
 
 /* gleaned from the mount command - no persistent info here */
 struct lustre_mount_data {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
index 4272a7c959d78216ebdc8bacb55e22b11cd2fb2b..e56785a482425e8119572c3f2031bc65da1e3d22 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ int libcfs_debug_init(unsigned long bufsize)
 	}
 
 	if (libcfs_debug_file_path != NULL) {
-		strncpy(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr,
-			libcfs_debug_file_path, PATH_MAX-1);
-		libcfs_debug_file_path_arr[PATH_MAX - 1] = '\0';
+		strlcpy(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr,
+			libcfs_debug_file_path,
+			sizeof(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr));
 	}
 
 	/* If libcfs_debug_mb is set to an invalid value or uninitialized
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
index f23a11ddc9794bf36817164c263f1acb01e10f0f..d285117af3adaa21cd327b0889a53bf96b0e623a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/hash.c
@@ -1037,8 +1037,7 @@ cfs_hash_create(char *name, unsigned cur_bits, unsigned max_bits,
 	if (hs == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	strncpy(hs->hs_name, name, len);
-	hs->hs_name[len - 1] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(hs->hs_name, name, len);
 	hs->hs_flags = flags;
 
 	atomic_set(&hs->hs_refcount, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
index 268dd6851af4baa6a276efd3d263f1d9bdb17850..6d988084dbb658404f317532f0036b1d6e1d981e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ cfs_wi_sched_create(char *name, struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab,
 	if (sched == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	strncpy(sched->ws_name, name, CFS_WS_NAME_LEN);
-	sched->ws_name[CFS_WS_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(sched->ws_name, name, CFS_WS_NAME_LEN);
+
 	sched->ws_cptab = cptab;
 	sched->ws_cpt = cpt;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 5c9502b5b3582ab98633dd88c480b2030b2f795c..951259a98323351ff2c939bc43d011070e620c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static int ll_send_mgc_param(struct obd_export *mgc, char *string)
 	if (!msp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	strncpy(msp->mgs_param, string, MGS_PARAM_MAXLEN);
+	strlcpy(msp->mgs_param, string, sizeof(msp->mgs_param));
 	rc = obd_set_info_async(NULL, mgc, sizeof(KEY_SET_INFO), KEY_SET_INFO,
 				sizeof(struct mgs_send_param), msp, NULL);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pool.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pool.c
index b03827ef65145bfddb7cf49801fc5b24f4176058..b43ce6cd64c2aaef4934a40aa6db2912d3ada5a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pool.c
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ int lov_pool_new(struct obd_device *obd, char *poolname)
 	if (!new_pool)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	strncpy(new_pool->pool_name, poolname, LOV_MAXPOOLNAME);
-	new_pool->pool_name[LOV_MAXPOOLNAME] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(new_pool->pool_name, poolname, sizeof(new_pool->pool_name));
 	new_pool->pool_lobd = obd;
 	/* ref count init to 1 because when created a pool is always used
 	 * up to deletion
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
index 48003d5325e3206a833ab1f37bdcba0fb9b14b82..7617c57d16e0c459060ca3598e7ecdbc6342504b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int lmd_parse(char *options, struct lustre_mount_data *lmd)
 	}
 	lmd->lmd_magic = LMD_MAGIC;
 
-	lmd->lmd_params = kzalloc(4096, GFP_NOFS);
+	lmd->lmd_params = kzalloc(LMD_PARAMS_MAXLEN, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!lmd->lmd_params)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	lmd->lmd_params[0] = '\0';
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static int lmd_parse(char *options, struct lustre_mount_data *lmd)
 				goto invalid;
 			clear++;
 		} else if (strncmp(s1, "param=", 6) == 0) {
-			int length;
+			size_t length, params_length;
 			char *tail = strchr(s1 + 6, ',');
 
 			if (tail == NULL)
@@ -986,8 +986,12 @@ static int lmd_parse(char *options, struct lustre_mount_data *lmd)
 			else
 				length = tail - s1;
 			length -= 6;
+			params_length = strlen(lmd->lmd_params);
+			if (params_length + length + 1 >= LMD_PARAMS_MAXLEN)
+				return -E2BIG;
 			strncat(lmd->lmd_params, s1 + 6, length);
-			strcat(lmd->lmd_params, " ");
+			lmd->lmd_params[params_length + length] = '\0';
+			strlcat(lmd->lmd_params, " ", LMD_PARAMS_MAXLEN);
 			clear++;
 		} else if (strncmp(s1, "osd=", 4) == 0) {
 			rc = lmd_parse_string(&lmd->lmd_osd_type, s1 + 4);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
index ce036a1ac4663fdea1e2b3d9145b0d30d60fd895..ac87aa12bd7e727bff03b8e3d8fabd1ea4544f69 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ static int ptlrpcd(void *arg)
 	complete(&pc->pc_starting);
 
 	/*
+
 	 * This mainloop strongly resembles ptlrpc_set_wait() except that our
 	 * set never completes.  ptlrpcd_check() calls ptlrpc_check_set() when
 	 * there are requests in the set. New requests come in on the set's
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
index 7ff948fe1424721e3f2dd8590efef8f7c3b7496e..7a206705865b76dc190ea54cf489713b3fd95041 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ int sptlrpc_parse_flavor(const char *str, struct sptlrpc_flavor *flvr)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	strncpy(buf, str, sizeof(buf));
-	buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(buf, str, sizeof(buf));
 
 	bulk = strchr(buf, '-');
 	if (bulk)