diff --git a/app/pdump/main.c b/app/pdump/main.c
index ccf2a1d2f..ae0cf282f 100644
--- a/app/pdump/main.c
+++ b/app/pdump/main.c
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ parse_rxtxdev(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 	struct pdump_tuples *pt = extra_args;
 
 	if (!strcmp(key, PDUMP_RX_DEV_ARG)) {
-		snprintf(pt->rx_dev, sizeof(pt->rx_dev), "%s", value);
+		strlcpy(pt->rx_dev, value, sizeof(pt->rx_dev));
 		/* identify the tx stream type for pcap vdev */
 		if (if_nametoindex(pt->rx_dev))
 			pt->rx_vdev_stream_type = IFACE;
 	} else if (!strcmp(key, PDUMP_TX_DEV_ARG)) {
-		snprintf(pt->tx_dev, sizeof(pt->tx_dev), "%s", value);
+		strlcpy(pt->tx_dev, value, sizeof(pt->tx_dev));
 		/* identify the tx stream type for pcap vdev */
 		if (if_nametoindex(pt->tx_dev))
 			pt->tx_vdev_stream_type = IFACE;
diff --git a/app/proc-info/main.c b/app/proc-info/main.c
index b9acfa9ec..3cd53416d 100644
--- a/app/proc-info/main.c
+++ b/app/proc-info/main.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ proc_info_preparse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 				proc_info_usage(prgname);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			snprintf(host_id, sizeof(host_id), "%s", argv[i+1]);
+			strlcpy(host_id, argv[i + 1], sizeof(host_id));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/main.c b/app/test-bbdev/main.c
index 7af25224c..a2f8722ec 100644
--- a/app/test-bbdev/main.c
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/main.c
@@ -226,9 +226,8 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct test_params *tp)
 			TEST_ASSERT(strlen(optarg) > 0,
 					"Config file name is null");
 
-			snprintf(tp->test_vector_filename,
-					sizeof(tp->test_vector_filename),
-					"%s", optarg);
+			strlcpy(tp->test_vector_filename, optarg,
+				sizeof(tp->test_vector_filename));
 			break;
 		case 'l':
 			TEST_ASSERT(strlen(optarg) > 0,
diff --git a/app/test/test_cmdline_etheraddr.c b/app/test/test_cmdline_etheraddr.c
index 6ceba4b29..086108ab2 100644
--- a/app/test/test_cmdline_etheraddr.c
+++ b/app/test/test_cmdline_etheraddr.c
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ test_parse_etheraddr_invalid_param(void)
 	/* try null result */
 
 	/* copy string to buffer */
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s",
-			ether_addr_valid_strs[0].str);
+	strlcpy(buf, ether_addr_valid_strs[0].str, sizeof(buf));
 
 	ret = cmdline_parse_etheraddr(NULL, buf, NULL, 0);
 	if (ret == -1) {
diff --git a/app/test/test_cmdline_num.c b/app/test/test_cmdline_num.c
index ea6b9f1e3..4c97caf3d 100644
--- a/app/test/test_cmdline_num.c
+++ b/app/test/test_cmdline_num.c
@@ -318,8 +318,7 @@ test_parse_num_invalid_param(void)
 	token.num_data.type = UINT32;
 
 	/* copy string to buffer */
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s",
-			num_valid_positive_strs[0].str);
+	strlcpy(buf, num_valid_positive_strs[0].str, sizeof(buf));
 
 	/* try all null */
 	ret = cmdline_parse_num(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/app/test/test_compressdev.c b/app/test/test_compressdev.c
index 13cf26c9a..ae9fc8388 100644
--- a/app/test/test_compressdev.c
+++ b/app/test/test_compressdev.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ test_deflate_comp_decomp(const struct interim_data_params *int_data,
 		for (i = 0; i < num_bufs; i++) {
 			data_size = strlen(test_bufs[i]) + 1;
 			buf_ptr = rte_pktmbuf_append(uncomp_bufs[i], data_size);
-			snprintf(buf_ptr, data_size, "%s", test_bufs[i]);
+			strlcpy(buf_ptr, test_bufs[i], data_size);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/test/test_eal_flags.c b/app/test/test_eal_flags.c
index d626dd712..9112c96d0 100644
--- a/app/test/test_eal_flags.c
+++ b/app/test/test_eal_flags.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ get_hugepage_path(char * src, int src_len, char * dst, int dst_len)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (strncmp(tokens[2], "hugetlbfs", sizeof("hugetlbfs")) == 0) {
-		snprintf(dst, dst_len, "%s", tokens[1]);
+		strlcpy(dst, tokens[1], dst_len);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
index d09f8ee5a..c7b90cb83 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pci_uio_alloc_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	snprintf((*uio_res)->path, sizeof((*uio_res)->path), "%s", devname);
+	strlcpy((*uio_res)->path, devname, sizeof((*uio_res)->path));
 	memcpy(&(*uio_res)->pci_addr, &dev->addr, sizeof((*uio_res)->pci_addr));
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
index 87f0e2b6b..04f76a63f 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ alloc_devargs(const char *name, const char *args)
 	else
 		devargs->args = strdup("");
 
-	ret = snprintf(devargs->name, sizeof(devargs->name), "%s", name);
+	ret = strlcpy(devargs->name, name, sizeof(devargs->name));
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(devargs->name)) {
 		free(devargs->args);
 		free(devargs);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
index 154257ffe..f30422a6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
@@ -493,27 +493,27 @@ arp_op_name(uint16_t arp_op, char *buf, size_t buf_len)
 {
 	switch (arp_op) {
 	case ARP_OP_REQUEST:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "ARP Request");
+		strlcpy(buf, "ARP Request", buf_len);
 		return;
 	case ARP_OP_REPLY:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "ARP Reply");
+		strlcpy(buf, "ARP Reply", buf_len);
 		return;
 	case ARP_OP_REVREQUEST:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "Reverse ARP Request");
+		strlcpy(buf, "Reverse ARP Request", buf_len);
 		return;
 	case ARP_OP_REVREPLY:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "Reverse ARP Reply");
+		strlcpy(buf, "Reverse ARP Reply", buf_len);
 		return;
 	case ARP_OP_INVREQUEST:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "Peer Identify Request");
+		strlcpy(buf, "Peer Identify Request", buf_len);
 		return;
 	case ARP_OP_INVREPLY:
-		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "Peer Identify Reply");
+		strlcpy(buf, "Peer Identify Reply", buf_len);
 		return;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-	snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s", "Unknown");
+	strlcpy(buf, "Unknown", buf_len);
 	return;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
index 3fbc82977..c4f3a2ba9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
@@ -1334,10 +1334,9 @@ dpaa2_xstats_get_names(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	if (xstats_names != NULL)
 		for (i = 0; i < stat_cnt; i++)
-			snprintf(xstats_names[i].name,
-				 sizeof(xstats_names[i].name),
-				 "%s",
-				 dpaa2_xstats_strings[i].name);
+			strlcpy(xstats_names[i].name,
+				dpaa2_xstats_strings[i].name,
+				sizeof(xstats_names[i].name));
 
 	return stat_cnt;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
index c4b220c48..3351c5bca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
+++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fs_execute_cmd(struct sub_device *sdev, char *cmdline)
 			ERROR("Command line allocation failed");
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		snprintf(sdev->cmdline, len, "%s", cmdline);
+		strlcpy(sdev->cmdline, cmdline, len);
 		/* Replace all commas in the command line by spaces */
 		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 			if (sdev->cmdline[i] == ',')
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index 891bdc061..b031bf4c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -3324,17 +3324,17 @@ static int i40e_dev_xstats_get_names(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	/* Get stats from i40e_eth_stats struct */
 	for (i = 0; i < I40E_NB_ETH_XSTATS; i++) {
-		snprintf(xstats_names[count].name,
-			 sizeof(xstats_names[count].name),
-			 "%s", rte_i40e_stats_strings[i].name);
+		strlcpy(xstats_names[count].name,
+			rte_i40e_stats_strings[i].name,
+			sizeof(xstats_names[count].name));
 		count++;
 	}
 
 	/* Get individiual stats from i40e_hw_port struct */
 	for (i = 0; i < I40E_NB_HW_PORT_XSTATS; i++) {
-		snprintf(xstats_names[count].name,
-			sizeof(xstats_names[count].name),
-			 "%s", rte_i40e_hw_port_strings[i].name);
+		strlcpy(xstats_names[count].name,
+			rte_i40e_hw_port_strings[i].name,
+			sizeof(xstats_names[count].name));
 		count++;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c b/drivers/net/pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
index 22aa49c9f..353538f16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
@@ -1084,8 +1084,8 @@ eth_from_pcaps_common(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
 		struct devargs_queue *queue = &rx_queues->queue[i];
 
 		pp->rx_pcap[i] = queue->pcap;
-		snprintf(rx->name, sizeof(rx->name), "%s", queue->name);
-		snprintf(rx->type, sizeof(rx->type), "%s", queue->type);
+		strlcpy(rx->name, queue->name, sizeof(rx->name));
+		strlcpy(rx->type, queue->type, sizeof(rx->type));
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nb_tx_queues; i++) {
@@ -1094,8 +1094,8 @@ eth_from_pcaps_common(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
 
 		pp->tx_dumper[i] = queue->dumper;
 		pp->tx_pcap[i] = queue->pcap;
-		snprintf(tx->name, sizeof(tx->name), "%s", queue->name);
-		snprintf(tx->type, sizeof(tx->type), "%s", queue->type);
+		strlcpy(tx->name, queue->name, sizeof(tx->name));
+		strlcpy(tx->type, queue->type, sizeof(tx->type));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c b/drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c
index aeb48f5ec..115a882b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ring/rte_eth_ring.c
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ static int parse_kvlist (const char *key __rte_unused, const char *value, void *
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(info->list[info->count].name, sizeof(info->list[info->count].name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(info->list[info->count].name, name,
+		sizeof(info->list[info->count].name));
 
 	info->count++;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_tap.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_tap.c
index 0cac876ed..36fe9f028 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_tap.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ softnic_tap_create(struct pmd_internals *p,
 
 	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 	ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI; /* No packet information */
-	snprintf(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	status = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *)&ifr);
 	if (status < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
index 9aae4c77f..e9fda8cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ tap_ioctl(struct pmd_internals *pmd, unsigned long request,
 	 */
 apply:
 	if (remote)
-		snprintf(ifr->ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", pmd->remote_iface);
+		strlcpy(ifr->ifr_name, pmd->remote_iface, IFNAMSIZ);
 	else if (mode == LOCAL_ONLY || mode == LOCAL_AND_REMOTE)
-		snprintf(ifr->ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", pmd->name);
+		strlcpy(ifr->ifr_name, pmd->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 	switch (request) {
 	case SIOCSIFFLAGS:
 		/* fetch current flags to leave other flags untouched */
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ eth_dev_tap_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev, const char *tap_name,
 	pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
 	dev->process_private = process_private;
 	pmd->dev = dev;
-	snprintf(pmd->name, sizeof(pmd->name), "%s", tap_name);
+	strlcpy(pmd->name, tap_name, sizeof(pmd->name));
 	pmd->type = type;
 
 	pmd->ioctl_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
@@ -1823,8 +1823,7 @@ eth_dev_tap_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev, const char *tap_name,
 				pmd->name, remote_iface);
 			goto error_remote;
 		}
-		snprintf(pmd->remote_iface, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN,
-			 "%s", remote_iface);
+		strlcpy(pmd->remote_iface, remote_iface, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN);
 
 		/* Save state of remote device */
 		tap_ioctl(pmd, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &pmd->remote_initial_flags, 0, REMOTE_ONLY);
diff --git a/examples/cmdline/commands.c b/examples/cmdline/commands.c
index 06916d783..e96739f34 100644
--- a/examples/cmdline/commands.c
+++ b/examples/cmdline/commands.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void cmd_obj_add_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 		cmdline_printf(cl, "mem error\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	snprintf(o->name, sizeof(o->name), "%s", res->name);
+	strlcpy(o->name, res->name, sizeof(o->name));
 	o->ip = res->ip;
 	SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&global_obj_list, o, next);
 
diff --git a/examples/cmdline/parse_obj_list.c b/examples/cmdline/parse_obj_list.c
index 69eb448e7..5d29f9d59 100644
--- a/examples/cmdline/parse_obj_list.c
+++ b/examples/cmdline/parse_obj_list.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int complete_get_elt_obj_list(cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t *tk,
 		return -1;
 
 	if (dstbuf)
-		snprintf(dstbuf, size, "%s", o->name);
+		strlcpy(dstbuf, o->name, size);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/exception_path/main.c b/examples/exception_path/main.c
index 8f37f5fbf..0d79e5a24 100644
--- a/examples/exception_path/main.c
+++ b/examples/exception_path/main.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int tap_create(char *name)
 	ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
 
 	if (name && *name)
-		snprintf(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", name);
+		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	ret = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int tap_create(char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (name)
-		snprintf(name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", ifr.ifr_name);
+		strlcpy(name, ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	return fd;
 }
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/kni.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/kni.c
index 7e5ff0543..e3d0b3758 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/kni.c
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/kni.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ kni_create(const char *name, struct kni_params *params)
 	rte_eth_dev_info_get(link->port_id, &dev_info);
 
 	memset(&kni_conf, 0, sizeof(kni_conf));
-	snprintf(kni_conf.name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE, "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(kni_conf.name, name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE);
 	kni_conf.force_bind = params->force_bind;
 	kni_conf.core_id = params->thread_id;
 	kni_conf.group_id = link->port_id;
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/tap.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/tap.c
index ea979bdf8..adae640c1 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/tap.c
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/tap.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tap_create(const char *name)
 
 	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 	ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI; /* No packet information */
-	snprintf(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	status = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
 	if (status < 0) {
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
index 9c7b31564..3b448acc4 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ parse_ep_config(const char *q_arg)
 	ep_med_edpi = EMPTY_POLL_MED_THRESHOLD;
 	ep_hgh_edpi = EMPTY_POLL_MED_THRESHOLD;
 
-	snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%s", p);
+	strlcpy(s, p, sizeof(s));
 
 	num_arg = rte_strsplit(s, sizeof(s), str_fld, 3, ',');
 
diff --git a/examples/multi_process/simple_mp/mp_commands.c b/examples/multi_process/simple_mp/mp_commands.c
index e4df6ff01..bdf494772 100644
--- a/examples/multi_process/simple_mp/mp_commands.c
+++ b/examples/multi_process/simple_mp/mp_commands.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static void cmd_send_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 
 	if (rte_mempool_get(message_pool, &msg) < 0)
 		rte_panic("Failed to get message buffer\n");
-	snprintf((char *)msg, STR_TOKEN_SIZE, "%s", res->message);
+	strlcpy((char *)msg, res->message, STR_TOKEN_SIZE);
 	if (rte_ring_enqueue(send_ring, msg) < 0) {
 		printf("Failed to send message - message discarded\n");
 		rte_mempool_put(message_pool, msg);
diff --git a/examples/netmap_compat/bridge/bridge.c b/examples/netmap_compat/bridge/bridge.c
index 216e0105a..d40e163b0 100644
--- a/examples/netmap_compat/bridge/bridge.c
+++ b/examples/netmap_compat/bridge/bridge.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ netmap_port_open(uint32_t idx)
 
 	port->fd = rte_netmap_open("/dev/netmap", O_RDWR);
 
-	snprintf(req.nr_name, sizeof(req.nr_name), "%s", port->str);
+	strlcpy(req.nr_name, port->str, sizeof(req.nr_name));
 	req.nr_version = NETMAP_API;
 	req.nr_ringid = 0;
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ netmap_port_open(uint32_t idx)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(req.nr_name, sizeof(req.nr_name), "%s", port->str);
+	strlcpy(req.nr_name, port->str, sizeof(req.nr_name));
 	req.nr_version = NETMAP_API;
 	req.nr_ringid = 0;
 
diff --git a/examples/netmap_compat/lib/compat_netmap.c b/examples/netmap_compat/lib/compat_netmap.c
index 0be0663ed..10a437943 100644
--- a/examples/netmap_compat/lib/compat_netmap.c
+++ b/examples/netmap_compat/lib/compat_netmap.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ netmap_regif(struct nmreq *req, uint32_t idx, uint16_t port)
 	if (req->nr_ringid != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	snprintf(nmif->ni_name, sizeof(nmif->ni_name), "%s", req->nr_name);
+	strlcpy(nmif->ni_name, req->nr_name, sizeof(nmif->ni_name));
 	nmif->ni_version  = req->nr_version;
 
 	/* Netmap uses ni_(r|t)x_rings + 1 */
diff --git a/examples/tep_termination/main.c b/examples/tep_termination/main.c
index d6379e31e..e0fe7bd2f 100644
--- a/examples/tep_termination/main.c
+++ b/examples/tep_termination/main.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ us_vhost_parse_basename(const char *q_arg)
 	if (strlen(q_arg) >= MAX_BASENAME_SZ)
 		return -1;
 	else
-		snprintf((char *)&dev_basename, MAX_BASENAME_SZ, "%s", q_arg);
+		strlcpy((char *)&dev_basename, q_arg, MAX_BASENAME_SZ);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index 5e914f58e..8f7b758c3 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ us_vhost_parse_socket_path(const char *q_arg)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(socket_files + nb_sockets * PATH_MAX, PATH_MAX, "%s", q_arg);
+	strlcpy(socket_files + nb_sockets * PATH_MAX, q_arg, PATH_MAX);
 	nb_sockets++;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/examples/vhost_scsi/scsi.c b/examples/vhost_scsi/scsi.c
index 0c2fa3e6a..b1529afdc 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_scsi/scsi.c
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ vhost_bdev_scsi_inquiry_command(struct vhost_block_dev *bdev,
 			desig->reserved0 = 0;
 			desig->piv = 1;
 			desig->reserved1 = 0;
-			desig->len = snprintf((char *)desig->desig,
-					      255, "%s", bdev->name);
+			desig->len = strlcpy((char *)desig->desig, bdev->name,
+					     255);
 			len += sizeof(struct scsi_desig_desc) + desig->len;
 
 			buf += sizeof(struct scsi_desig_desc) + desig->len;
@@ -281,9 +281,8 @@ vhost_bdev_scsi_inquiry_command(struct vhost_block_dev *bdev,
 			sizeof(inqdata->t10_vendor_id));
 
 		/* PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION */
-		snprintf((char *)inqdata->product_id,
-				RTE_DIM(inqdata->product_id), "%s",
-				bdev->product_name);
+		strlcpy((char *)inqdata->product_id, bdev->product_name,
+			RTE_DIM(inqdata->product_id));
 
 		/* PRODUCT REVISION LEVEL */
 		strlcpy((char *)inqdata->product_rev, "0001",
diff --git a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.c b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.c
index d9042f048..53cda84c1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ cmdline_set_prompt(struct cmdline *cl, const char *prompt)
 {
 	if (!cl || !prompt)
 		return;
-	snprintf(cl->prompt, sizeof(cl->prompt), "%s", prompt);
+	strlcpy(cl->prompt, prompt, sizeof(cl->prompt));
 }
 
 struct cmdline *
diff --git a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse.c b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse.c
index 9666e90c2..b57b30e8f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse.c
@@ -394,8 +394,9 @@ cmdline_complete(struct cmdline *cl, const char *buf, int *state,
 				if (!strncmp(partial_tok, tmpbuf,
 					     partial_tok_len)) {
 					if (comp_len == -1) {
-						snprintf(comp_buf, sizeof(comp_buf),
-							 "%s", tmpbuf + partial_tok_len);
+						strlcpy(comp_buf,
+							tmpbuf + partial_tok_len,
+							sizeof(comp_buf));
 						comp_len =
 							strnlen(tmpbuf + partial_tok_len,
 									sizeof(tmpbuf) - partial_tok_len);
diff --git a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse_num.c b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse_num.c
index 55c7a8148..182ac12f0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse_num.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_parse_num.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ cmdline_get_help_num(cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t *tk, char *dstbuf, unsigned int s
 	/* if (nd.type >= (sizeof(num_help)/sizeof(const char *))) */
 	/* return -1; */
 
-	ret = snprintf(dstbuf, size, "%s", num_help[nd.type]);
+	ret = strlcpy(dstbuf, num_help[nd.type], size);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return -1;
 	dstbuf[size-1] = '\0';
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
index 871d7dda8..a48863d81 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
@@ -694,8 +694,8 @@ rte_cryptodev_pmd_allocate(const char *name, int socket_id)
 
 		cryptodev->data = cryptodev_data;
 
-		snprintf(cryptodev->data->name, RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN,
-				"%s", name);
+		strlcpy(cryptodev->data->name, name,
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN);
 
 		cryptodev->data->dev_id = dev_id;
 		cryptodev->data->socket_id = socket_id;
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
index d50598377..208abfb1d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ rte_distributor_create_v1705(const char *name,
 	}
 
 	d = mz->addr;
-	snprintf(d->name, sizeof(d->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(d->name, name, sizeof(d->name));
 	d->num_workers = num_workers;
 	d->alg_type = alg_type;
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
index 9566b53f2..cd5940713 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name,
 	}
 
 	d = mz->addr;
-	snprintf(d->name, sizeof(d->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(d->name, name, sizeof(d->name));
 	d->num_workers = num_workers;
 
 	distributor_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_distributor_tailq.head,
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memzone.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memzone.c
index 664df5b9f..521ad7ca1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memzone.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memzone.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ memzone_reserve_aligned_thread_unsafe(const char *name, size_t len,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(mz->name, sizeof(mz->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(mz->name, name, sizeof(mz->name));
 	mz->iova = rte_malloc_virt2iova(mz_addr);
 	mz->addr = mz_addr;
 	mz->len = requested_len == 0 ?
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
index babd3b30a..ca2a7d32a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ rte_eal_tailq_create(const char *name)
 
 		mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
 		head = &mcfg->tailq_head[rte_tailqs_count];
-		snprintf(head->name, sizeof(head->name) - 1, "%s", name);
+		strlcpy(head->name, name, sizeof(head->name) - 1);
 		TAILQ_INIT(&head->tailq_head);
 		rte_tailqs_count++;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 10bdfb37e..8b25c2adb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -2068,9 +2068,9 @@ rte_eth_basic_stats_get_names(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	uint16_t num_q;
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < RTE_NB_STATS; idx++) {
-		snprintf(xstats_names[cnt_used_entries].name,
-			sizeof(xstats_names[0].name),
-			"%s", rte_stats_strings[idx].name);
+		strlcpy(xstats_names[cnt_used_entries].name,
+			rte_stats_strings[idx].name,
+			sizeof(xstats_names[0].name));
 		cnt_used_entries++;
 	}
 	num_q = RTE_MIN(dev->data->nb_rx_queues, RTE_ETHDEV_QUEUE_STAT_CNTRS);
diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
index 0dddce226..7103b871f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
+++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ rte_hash_create(const struct rte_hash_parameters *params)
 		default_hash_func = (rte_hash_function)rte_hash_crc;
 #endif
 	/* Setup hash context */
-	snprintf(h->name, sizeof(h->name), "%s", params->name);
+	strlcpy(h->name, params->name, sizeof(h->name));
 	h->entries = params->entries;
 	h->key_len = params->key_len;
 	h->key_entry_size = key_entry_size;
diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_fbk_hash.c b/lib/librte_hash/rte_fbk_hash.c
index c9b470d7e..9360f7981 100644
--- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_fbk_hash.c
+++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_fbk_hash.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ rte_fbk_hash_create(const struct rte_fbk_hash_params *params)
 #endif
 
 	/* Set up hash table context. */
-	snprintf(ht->name, sizeof(ht->name), "%s", params->name);
+	strlcpy(ht->name, params->name, sizeof(ht->name));
 	ht->entries = params->entries;
 	ht->entries_per_bucket = params->entries_per_bucket;
 	ht->used_entries = 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
index 192f2fed0..946459c79 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ rte_kni_alloc(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool,
 		goto kni_fail;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(kni->name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE, "%s", conf->name);
+	strlcpy(kni->name, conf->name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE);
 
 	if (ops)
 		memcpy(&kni->ops, ops, sizeof(struct rte_kni_ops));
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ rte_kni_alloc(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool,
 
 	memcpy(dev_info.mac_addr, conf->mac_addr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
 
-	snprintf(dev_info.name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE, "%s", conf->name);
+	strlcpy(dev_info.name, conf->name, RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE);
 
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, KNI, "pci: %02x:%02x:%02x \t %02x:%02x\n",
 		dev_info.bus, dev_info.devid, dev_info.function,
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ rte_kni_release(struct rte_kni *kni)
 	if (te == NULL)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	snprintf(dev_info.name, sizeof(dev_info.name), "%s", kni->name);
+	strlcpy(dev_info.name, kni->name, sizeof(dev_info.name));
 	if (ioctl(kni_fd, RTE_KNI_IOCTL_RELEASE, &dev_info) < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, KNI, "Fail to release kni device\n");
 		goto unlock;
diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
index d00b13d93..6b7b28a2e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ rte_lpm_create_v20(const char *name, int socket_id, int max_rules,
 
 	/* Save user arguments. */
 	lpm->max_rules = max_rules;
-	snprintf(lpm->name, sizeof(lpm->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(lpm->name, name, sizeof(lpm->name));
 
 	te->data = lpm;
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ rte_lpm_create_v1604(const char *name, int socket_id,
 	/* Save user arguments. */
 	lpm->max_rules = config->max_rules;
 	lpm->number_tbl8s = config->number_tbl8s;
-	snprintf(lpm->name, sizeof(lpm->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(lpm->name, name, sizeof(lpm->name));
 
 	te->data = lpm;
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm6.c b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm6.c
index 6212003f4..a91803113 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm6.c
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm6.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ rte_lpm6_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
 	/* Save user arguments. */
 	lpm->max_rules = config->max_rules;
 	lpm->number_tbl8s = config->number_tbl8s;
-	snprintf(lpm->name, sizeof(lpm->name), "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(lpm->name, name, sizeof(lpm->name));
 	lpm->rules_tbl = rules_tbl;
 	lpm->tbl8_pool = tbl8_pool;
 	lpm->tbl8_hdrs = tbl8_hdrs;
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index 683b216f9..69bd2a65c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ rte_mempool_create_empty(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 	/* init the mempool structure */
 	mp = mz->addr;
 	memset(mp, 0, MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, cache_size));
-	ret = snprintf(mp->name, sizeof(mp->name), "%s", name);
+	ret = strlcpy(mp->name, name, sizeof(mp->name));
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(mp->name)) {
 		rte_errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
 		goto exit_unlock;
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
index 4f38ac58b..14744b9ff 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
@@ -501,15 +501,15 @@ pdump_prepare_client_request(char *device, uint16_t queue,
 	req->flags = flags;
 	req->op = operation;
 	if ((operation & ENABLE) != 0) {
-		snprintf(req->data.en_v1.device,
-			 sizeof(req->data.en_v1.device), "%s", device);
+		strlcpy(req->data.en_v1.device, device,
+			sizeof(req->data.en_v1.device));
 		req->data.en_v1.queue = queue;
 		req->data.en_v1.ring = ring;
 		req->data.en_v1.mp = mp;
 		req->data.en_v1.filter = filter;
 	} else {
-		snprintf(req->data.dis_v1.device,
-			 sizeof(req->data.dis_v1.device), "%s", device);
+		strlcpy(req->data.dis_v1.device, device,
+			sizeof(req->data.dis_v1.device));
 		req->data.dis_v1.queue = queue;
 		req->data.dis_v1.ring = NULL;
 		req->data.dis_v1.mp = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_pipeline.c b/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_pipeline.c
index 2c047a8a4..f5f397d29 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_pipeline.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pipeline/rte_pipeline.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ rte_pipeline_create(struct rte_pipeline_params *params)
 	}
 
 	/* Save input parameters */
-	snprintf(p->name, RTE_PIPELINE_MAX_NAME_SZ, "%s", params->name);
+	strlcpy(p->name, params->name, RTE_PIPELINE_MAX_NAME_SZ);
 	p->socket_id = params->socket_id;
 	p->offset_port_id = params->offset_port_id;
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
index d215acecc..a542f6f5d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
 
 	/* init the ring structure */
 	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
-	ret = snprintf(r->name, sizeof(r->name), "%s", name);
+	ret = strlcpy(r->name, name, sizeof(r->name));
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(r->name))
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	r->flags = flags;
