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GCC 8 complains:
net/core/pktgen.c: In function ‘pktgen_if_write’:
net/core/pktgen.c:1419:4: warning: ‘strncpy’ output may be truncated copying between 0 and 31 bytes from a string of length 127 [-Wstringop-truncation]
strncpy(pkt_dev->src_max, buf, len);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
net/core/pktgen.c:1399:4: warning: ‘strncpy’ output may be truncated copying between 0 and 31 bytes from a string of length 127 [-Wstringop-truncation]
strncpy(pkt_dev->src_min, buf, len);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
net/core/pktgen.c:1290:4: warning: ‘strncpy’ output may be truncated copying between 0 and 31 bytes from a string of length 127 [-Wstringop-truncation]
strncpy(pkt_dev->dst_max, buf, len);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
net/core/pktgen.c:1268:4: warning: ‘strncpy’ output may be truncated copying between 0 and 31 bytes from a string of length 127 [-Wstringop-truncation]
strncpy(pkt_dev->dst_min, buf, len);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is no bug here, but the code is not perfect either. It copies
sizeof(pkt_dev->/member/) - 1 from user space into buf, and then does
a strcmp(pkt_dev->/member/, buf) hence assuming buf will be null-terminated
and shorter than pkt_dev->/member/ (pkt_dev->/member/ is never
explicitly null-terminated, and strncpy() doesn't have to null-terminate
so the assumption must be on buf). The use of strncpy() without explicit
null-termination looks suspicious. Convert to use straight strcpy().
strncpy() would also null-pad the output, but that's clearly unnecessary
since the author calls memset(pkt_dev->/member/, 0, sizeof(..)); prior
to strncpy(), anyway.
While at it format the code for "dst_min", "dst_max", "src_min" and
"src_max" in the same way by removing extra new lines in one case.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
============
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See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.