Hi Tom, FYI, the error/warning still remains. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master head: 4e7a74a6856f8613dab9794da4b5cfb8fd54fb8c commit: 27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b [4605/11713] tracing: Remove size restriction on synthetic event cmd error logging config: powerpc64-buildonly-randconfig-r006-20220309 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220309/202203092349.i2I1pdlw-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b git remote add linux-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git git fetch --no-tags linux-next master git checkout 27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b # save the config file to linux build tree mkdir build_dir COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/trace/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c: In function 'last_cmd_set': >> kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c:65:9: warning: 'strncpy' specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-truncation] 65 | strncpy(last_cmd, str, strlen(str) + 1); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c:65:32: note: length computed here 65 | strncpy(last_cmd, str, strlen(str) + 1); | ^~~~~~~~~~~ vim +/strncpy +65 kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c 54 55 static void last_cmd_set(const char *str) 56 { 57 if (!str) 58 return; 59 60 kfree(last_cmd); 61 last_cmd = kzalloc(strlen(str) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); 62 if (!last_cmd) 63 return; 64 > 65 strncpy(last_cmd, str, strlen(str) + 1); 66 } 67 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx