struct smscore_registry_entry_t {
        struct list_head entry;
-       char                    devpath[32];
-       int                             mode;
+       char devpath[32];
+       int mode;
        enum sms_device_type_st type;
 };
 
             next != &g_smscore_registry;
             next = next->next) {
                entry = (struct smscore_registry_entry_t *) next;
-               if (!strcmp(entry->devpath, devpath)) {
+               if (!strncmp(entry->devpath, devpath, sizeof(entry->devpath))) {
                        kmutex_unlock(&g_smscore_registrylock);
                        return entry;
                }
        entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (entry) {
                entry->mode = default_mode;
-               strcpy(entry->devpath, devpath);
+               strlcpy(entry->devpath, devpath, sizeof(entry->devpath));
                list_add(&entry->entry, &g_smscore_registry);
        } else
                pr_err("failed to create smscore_registry.\n");
        dev->postload_handler = params->postload_handler;
 
        dev->device_flags = params->flags;
-       strcpy(dev->devpath, params->devpath);
+       strlcpy(dev->devpath, params->devpath, sizeof(dev->devpath));
 
        smscore_registry_settype(dev->devpath, params->device_type);