On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 09:47:25PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 9:40 PM Marek Behún <kabel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 06:17:45PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 04:05:07PM +0200, Marek Behún wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:53:51 +0300
> > > > Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 2:51 PM Marek Behún <kabel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > > > +static int omnia_get_version_hash(struct omnia_mcu *mcu, bool bootloader,
> > > > > > + u8 version[static OMNIA_FW_VERSION_HEX_LEN])
> > > > >
> > > > > Interesting format of the last parameter. Does it make any difference
> > > > > to the compiler if you use u8 *version?
> > > >
> > > > The compiler will warn if an array with not enough space is passed as
> > > > argument.
> > >
> > > Really?
> >
> > Indeed:
> >
> > extern void a(char *x);
> >
> > static void b(char x[static 10]) {
> > a(x);
> > }
> >
> > void c(void) {
> > char x[5] = "abcd";
>
> > b(x);
>
> It's not the example I was talking about. Here should be a(x).
Somehow I got lost. Let's return to my function, where I have
int omnia_get_version_hash(..., u8 version[static 40]);
and then I use this function:
u8 version[40];
omnia_get_version_hash(..., version);
If somehow I made a mistake and declared the version array shorter:
u8 version[20];
omnia_get_version_hash(..., version);
I would get a warning.
So the purpose is to get warned if the compiler can prove that there is
not enough space in the destination buffer.
Marek
