Re: [PATCH 2/5] [v2] acpi: disable -Wstringop-truncation

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 17:10:24 EST


Hi,

On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 04:00:55PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> gcc -Wstringop-truncation warns about copying a string that results in a
> missing nul termination:
>
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c: In function 'acpi_tb_find_table':
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c:60:9: error: 'strncpy' specified bound 6 equals destination size [-Werror=stringop-truncation]
> 60 | strncpy(header.oem_id, oem_id, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfind.c:61:9: error: 'strncpy' specified bound 8 equals destination size [-Werror=stringop-truncation]
> 61 | strncpy(header.oem_table_id, oem_table_id, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The code works as intended, and the warning could be addressed by using
> a memcpy(), but turning the warning off for this file works equally well
> and may be easir to merge.

Dang, I would've really liked to see these strncpy()'s dealt with [1]!

The warning is there because that specific usage of strncpy is plain
wrong. strncpy() is a string api and this usage looks like it has
arguments and results not resembling C-strings.

Not sure if turning off correct warnings is the right call.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]

>
> Fixes: 47c08729bf1c ("ACPICA: Fix for LoadTable operator, input strings")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJZ5v0hoUfv54KW7y4223Mn9E7D4xvR7whRFNLTBqCZMUxT50Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/#t
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile
> index 30f3fc13c29d..8d18af396de9 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/Makefile
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>
> ccflags-y := -D_LINUX -DBUILDING_ACPICA
> ccflags-$(CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG) += -DACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
> +CFLAGS_tbfind.o += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
>
> # use acpi.o to put all files here into acpi.o modparam namespace
> obj-y += acpi.o
> --
> 2.39.2
>

Thanks
Justin