Re: [PATCH bpf] samples/bpf: suppress compiler warning

From: Daniel Borkmann
Date: Tue May 21 2019 - 10:59:11 EST


On 05/20/2019 11:49 PM, Matteo Croce wrote:
> GCC 9 fails to calculate the size of local constant strings and produces a
> false positive:
>
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c: In function âtest_debug_fs_uprobeâ:
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c:242:67: warning: â%sâ directive output may be truncated writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size 215 [-Wformat-truncation=]
> 242 | snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/%ss/%s/id",
> | ^~
> 243 | event_type, event_alias);
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c:242:2: note: âsnprintfâ output between 45 and 300 bytes into a destination of size 256
> 242 | snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/%ss/%s/id",
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 243 | event_type, event_alias);
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Workaround this by lowering the buffer size to a reasonable value.
> Related GCC Bugzilla: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83431
>
> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks!