Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: Add new Dell UART backlight driver

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On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 06:44:37PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 05:33:10PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > On 5/13/24 5:19 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 03:18:10PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > >> On 5/13/24 2:58 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > >>> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 01:15:50PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:

...

> > >>>> +	dev_dbg(dev, "Firmware version: %.*s\n", resp[RESP_LEN] - 3, resp + RESP_DATA);
> > >>>
> > >>> I would be on the safest side, i.e. not trusting that it will be NUL-terminated
> > >>> string, hence something like %*pE?
> > >>
> > >> Right, this is why the existing dev_dbg() already passes a precision and we do
> > >> want to actually stop if there is a 0 there, which %pE does not do.
> > > 
> > > I'm talking about the opposite, when it might go over the boundary.
> > 
> > AFAIK the way the precision is used in the current code limits things to at max the boundary,
> > stopping earlier if a 0 is encountered earlier.
> 
> Indeed, I refreshed my memory about %.*s.
> 
> So, the only part left is the potential terminal sequences appear in
> the message.

Just for clarity, the %*pE would require strnlen() call to have similar effect.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko






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