Re: [PATCH v2] dio: Fix buffer overflow in case of unknown board

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:24 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
With gcc 8.2.0:

    drivers/dio/dio.c: In function ‘dio_init’:
    drivers/dio/dio.c:240:17: warning: ‘strcpy’ writing 69 or more bytes into a region of size 64 overflows the destination [-Wstringop-overflow=]
                     strcpy(dev->name,dio_getname(dev->id));
                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Indeed, if an unknown board is present, the target buffer will overflow.
Shorten the unknown board name string to fix this, and declare it as an
array while at it.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied and queued for v5.1.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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