Re: [PATCH v5 14/15] Compiler Attributes: auxdisplay: panel: use __nonstring

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:23 AM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Let gcc know these arrays are not meant to be NUL-terminated
> by annotating them with the new __nonstring variable attribute;
> and remove the comment since it conveys the same information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
> index 3b25a643058c..21b9b2f2470a 100644
> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
> @@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ struct logical_input {
>                         int release_data;
>                 } std;
>                 struct {        /* valid when type == INPUT_TYPE_KBD */
> -                       /* strings can be non null-terminated */
> -                       char press_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)];
> -                       char repeat_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)];
> -                       char release_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)];
> +                       char press_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)] __nonstring;
> +                       char repeat_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)] __nonstring;
> +                       char release_str[sizeof(void *) + sizeof(int)] __nonstring;
>                 } kbd;
>         } u;
>  };
> --
> 2.17.1
>

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers