The 07/14/2017 09:04, David Miller wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:07:05 +0200 > > > gcc reports that the temporary buffer for computing the > > string length may be too small here: > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c: In function > 'lio_get_eeprom_len': > > /drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c:345:21: error: 'sprintf' > may write a terminating nul past the end of the destination [-Werror= > format-overflow=] > > len = sprintf(buf, "boardname:%s serialnum:%s maj:%lld min:%lld\n", > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c:345:6: note: 'sprintf' > output between 35 and 167 bytes into a destination of size 128 > > len = sprintf(buf, "boardname:%s serialnum:%s maj:%lld min:%lld\n", > > > > This extends it to 192 bytes, which is certainly enough. As far > > as I could tell, there are no other constraints that require a specific > > maximum size. > > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > Applied. I had raised a bug for this earlier and attached a patch as well. http://cabugzilla1.caveonetworks.com/octeon_bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26421 -- Regards Satanand