Re: [PATCH] net: b44: use ethtool_puts

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 21:15:33 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Sat, 30 May 2026 17:03:34 -0700 you wrote:
> There's a subtle error with the memcpy here, where b44_gstrings should
> not be dereferenced. Dereferening causes the following error with W=1:
>
> In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c:17:
> In file included from ./include/linux/module.h:18:
> In file included from ./include/linux/kmod.h:9:
> In file included from ./include/linux/umh.h:4:
> In file included from ./include/linux/gfp.h:7:
> In file included from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:8:
> In file included from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:56:
> In file included from ./include/linux/preempt.h:79:
> In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h:5:
> In file included from ./include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5:
> In file included from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:23:
> In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h:13:
> In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h:16:
> In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:386:
> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:578:4: error: call to
> '__read_overflow2_field' declared with 'warning' attribute: detected read
> beyond size of field (2nd parameter); maybe use>
> 578 | __read_overflow2_field(q_size_field, size);
> | ^
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- net: b44: use ethtool_puts
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a87533a80831

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