RE: [PATCH net-next v1] hinic: fix strncpy output truncated compile warnings

[David Laight]

From: Luo bin
> Sent: 07 August 2020 03:09
> 
> fix the compile warnings of 'strncpy' output truncated before
> terminating nul copying N bytes from a string of the same length
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luo bin <luobin9@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V0~V1:
> - use the strlen()+1 pattern consistently
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_devlink.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_devlink.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_devlink.c
> index c6adc776f3c8..1ec88ebf81d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_devlink.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_devlink.c
> @@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ static int chip_fault_show(struct devlink_fmsg *fmsg,
> 
>  	level = event->event.chip.err_level;
>  	if (level < FAULT_LEVEL_MAX)
> -		strncpy(level_str, fault_level[level], strlen(fault_level[level]));
> +		strncpy(level_str, fault_level[level], strlen(fault_level[level]) + 1);

Have you even considered what that code is actually doing?

	David

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