Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: usb: asix: ax88772: Increase phy_name size

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Mar 19 2025 - 06:49:45 EST


On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 12:35:21PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 06:09:12PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 06:54:48PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:

...

> > > > > - char phy_name[20];
> > > > > + char phy_name[MII_BUS_ID_SIZE + 5];
> > > >
> > > > Could you explain the + 5?
> > > >
> > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9051.c#L1156
> > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c#L2454
> > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h#L348
> > > >
> > > > The consensus seems to be + 3.
>
> And shouldn't it be 4 actually? %s [MII_BUS_ID_SIZE] + ':' + '%02x' + nul
>
> > > u16, gcc can't proove the range, it assumes 65536 is the maximum.
> > >
> > > include/linux/phy.h:312:20: note: directive argument in the range [0, 65535]
> >
> > How about after
> >
> > ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > goto free;
> >
> > add
> >
> > if (ret > 31) {
> > netdev_err(dev->net, "Invalid PHY ID %d\n", ret);
> > return -ENODEV;
> > }
> >
> > and see if GCC can follow that?
>
> No, with + 3 it doesn't work, need + 4.
>
> Another possibility to change the _FMT to have %02hhx instead of %02x.
>
> Tell me which one should I take?

I'll make a series, because on the second though it seems that fixing
formatting string will fix the other cases at the same time.

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko