[PATCH v3] net: ethernet: emulex: benet: fix adapter->fw_on_flash truncation warning

From: Ankan Biswas

Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 14:19:16 EST


The benet driver copies both fw_ver (32 bytes) and fw_on_flash (32 bytes)
into ethtool_drvinfo->fw_version (32 bytes), leading to a potential
string truncation warning when built with W=1.

Store fw_on_flash in ethtool_drvinfo->erom_version instead, which some
drivers use to report secondary firmware information.

Signed-off-by: Ankan Biswas <spyjetfayed@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index f9216326bdfe..752f838f1abf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -221,12 +221,20 @@ static void be_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);

strscpy(drvinfo->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
- if (!memcmp(adapter->fw_ver, adapter->fw_on_flash, FW_VER_LEN))
+ if (!memcmp(adapter->fw_ver, adapter->fw_on_flash, FW_VER_LEN)) {
strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->fw_ver,
sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version));
- else
- snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
- "%s [%s]", adapter->fw_ver, adapter->fw_on_flash);
+
+ } else {
+ strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->fw_ver,
+ sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version));
+
+ /*
+ * Report fw_on_flash in ethtool's erom_version field.
+ */
+ strscpy(drvinfo->erom_version, adapter->fw_on_flash,
+ sizeof(drvinfo->erom_version));
+ }

strscpy(drvinfo->bus_info, pci_name(adapter->pdev),
sizeof(drvinfo->bus_info));
--
2.51.1