Re: [PATCH] Remove hardcoded static string length

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed May 24 2023 - 12:37:28 EST


> I don't think there is an RFC describing RX, but the closest thing to
> a spec (https://web.mit.edu/kolya/afs/rx/rx-spec) states:
>
> "If a server receives a packet with a type value of 13, and the
> client-initiated flag set, it should respond with a 65-byte payload
> containing a string that identifies the version of AFS software it is
> running."
>
> So while it may not actually cause any issues (the few things that
> look at the data just truncate past 65), it's probably best to keep
> the response at a fixed 65 bytes.

Thanks for the link and the quote.

So the compiler warning/error needs to be fixed a different want.

Andrew

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