Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/xmon: use KSYM_NAME_LEN in array size

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 02:45:53 EST


Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> kallsyms_lookup which in turn calls for kallsyms_lookup_buildid()
> writes on index "KSYM_NAME_LEN - 1".
>
> Thus array size should be KSYM_NAME_LEN.
>
> for powerpc it was defined as "128" directly.
> and commit '61968dbc2d5d' changed define value to 512,
> So both were missed to update with new size.
>
> Fixes: 61968dbc2d5d ("kallsyms: increase maximum kernel symbol length to 512")

AFAICS that's the wrong sha.

That commit appears in linux-next, but the commit that actually went
into mainline is:

b8a94bfb3395 ("kallsyms: increase maximum kernel symbol length to 512")

So I'll update the change log to refer to that.

cheers

> Co-developed-by: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> index 728d3c257e4a..70c4c59a1a8f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static unsigned long ndump = 64;
> static unsigned long nidump = 16;
> static unsigned long ncsum = 4096;
> static int termch;
> -static char tmpstr[128];
> +static char tmpstr[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
> static int tracing_enabled;
>
> static long bus_error_jmp[JMP_BUF_LEN];
> --
> 2.17.1