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

[luobin (L)]

On 2020/8/7 17:32, David Laight wrote:
> 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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I'm sorry that I haven't got what you mean and I haven't found any defects in that code. Can you explain more to me?