From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:59:49 +0200 > gcc-8.0.0 (snapshot) points out that we copy a variable-length string > into a fixed length field using memcpy() with the destination length, > and that ends up copying whatever follows the string: > > inlined from 'ql_core_dump' at drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c:1106:2: > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c:708:2: error: 'memcpy' reading 15 bytes from a region of size 14 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] > memcpy(seg_hdr->description, desc, (sizeof(seg_hdr->description)) - 1); > > Changing it to use strncpy() will instead zero-pad the destination, > which seems to be the right thing to do here. > > The bug is probably harmless, but it seems like a good idea to address > it in stable kernels as well, if only for the purpose of building with > gcc-8 without warnings. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Please don't use explicit stable CC:'ing for networking changes. > Fixes: a61f80261306 ("qlge: Add ethtool register dump function.") > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Applied to 'net' and queued up for -stable, thanks.