Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Fix watchdog identity truncation

[Tzung-Bi Shih]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 03:58:45PM +0200, Paul Louvel wrote:
> The identity field in struct watchdog_info is only 32 bytes in size, but
> the identity could be at most 33 bytes in this driver, resulting in
> truncation.
> Remove the "Watchdog" suffix, as this is implied that the device is a
> watchdog if a user request his identity.
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 3d6757a640f8 ("watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Report the probed chip name via WDIOC_GETSUPPORT")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610080027.3OsJDwfo-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

The patch doesn't really fix anything.  The longest string in `chip_name`
with the " Watchdog" suffix is still under 32 bytes.