kernel test robot reported a -Wstringop-truncation warning after I extend task comm from 16 to 24. Below is the detailed warning: fs/binfmt_elf.c: In function 'fill_psinfo.isra': >> fs/binfmt_elf.c:1575:9: warning: 'strncpy' output may be truncated copying 16 bytes from a string of length 23 [-Wstringop-truncation] 1575 | strncpy(psinfo->pr_fname, p->comm, sizeof(psinfo->pr_fname)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Replacing the open-coded strncpy() with the helper get_task_comm() can avoid this warning. As the struct prpsinfo is externally parsed, for example by the crash utility, we can't change the size of pr_fname. So I just leave it as-is. I also verfied if it still work well when I extend the comm size to 24. struct elf_prpsinfo is used to dump the task information in userspace coredump or kernel vmcore. Below is the verfication of vmcore, crash> ps PID PPID CPU TASK ST %MEM VSZ RSS COMM 0 0 0 ffffffff9d21a940 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/0] > 0 0 1 ffffa09e40f85e80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/1] > 0 0 2 ffffa09e40f81f80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/2] > 0 0 3 ffffa09e40f83f00 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/3] > 0 0 4 ffffa09e40f80000 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/4] > 0 0 5 ffffa09e40f89f80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/5] 0 0 6 ffffa09e40f8bf00 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/6] > 0 0 7 ffffa09e40f88000 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/7] > 0 0 8 ffffa09e40f8de80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/8] > 0 0 9 ffffa09e40f95e80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/9] > 0 0 10 ffffa09e40f91f80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/10] > 0 0 11 ffffa09e40f93f00 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/11] > 0 0 12 ffffa09e40f90000 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/12] > 0 0 13 ffffa09e40f9bf00 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/13] > 0 0 14 ffffa09e40f98000 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/14] > 0 0 15 ffffa09e40f9de80 RU 0.0 0 0 [swapper/15] It works well as expected. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index a813b70f594e..138956fd4a88 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ static int fill_psinfo(struct elf_prpsinfo *psinfo, struct task_struct *p, SET_UID(psinfo->pr_uid, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid)); SET_GID(psinfo->pr_gid, from_kgid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->gid)); rcu_read_unlock(); - strncpy(psinfo->pr_fname, p->comm, sizeof(psinfo->pr_fname)); + get_task_comm(psinfo->pr_fname, p); return 0; } -- 2.17.1