Re: [PATCH 22/22] IB/mlx4: fix sprintf format warning

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 02:07:14PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> gcc-7 points out that a negative port_num value would overflow
> the string buffer:
>
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c: In function 'mlx4_ib_device_register_sysfs':
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c:251:16: error: 'sprintf' may write a terminating nul past the end of the destination [-Werror=format-overflow=]
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c:251:2: note: 'sprintf' output between 2 and 11 bytes into a destination of size 10
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c:303:17: error: 'sprintf' may write a terminating nul past the end of the destination [-Werror=format-overflow=]
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c:303:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 2 and 11 bytes into a destination of size 10
>
> While we should be able to assume that port_num is positive here,
> making the buffer one byte longer has no downsides and avoids the
> warning.
>
> Fixes: c1e7e466120b ("IB/mlx4: Add iov directory in sysfs under the ib device")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/sysfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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