Re: [PATCH] um: mconsole: validate notify socket path length

From: kernel test robot

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 11:55:55 EST


Hi Pengpeng,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on uml/next]
[also build test ERROR on wireless-next/main wireless/main uml/fixes linus/master v7.0-rc6 next-20260330]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Pengpeng-Hou/um-mconsole-validate-notify-socket-path-length/20260331-052930
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260329030945.32368-1-pengpeng%40iscas.ac.cn
patch subject: [PATCH] um: mconsole: validate notify socket path length
config: um-defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260331/202603312307.FOQx0THR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 23.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 2cd67b8b69f78e3f95918204320c3075a74ba16c)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260331/202603312307.FOQx0THR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202603312307.FOQx0THR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arch/um/drivers/mconsole_user.c:203:6: error: call to undeclared function 'snprintf'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
203 | if (snprintf(target.sun_path, sizeof(target.sun_path), "%s", sock_name) >=
| ^
1 error generated.


vim +/snprintf +203 arch/um/drivers/mconsole_user.c

180
181 int mconsole_notify(char *sock_name, int type, const void *data, int len)
182 {
183 struct sockaddr_un target;
184 struct mconsole_notify packet;
185 int n, err = 0;
186
187 lock_notify();
188 if (notify_sock < 0) {
189 notify_sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
190 if (notify_sock < 0) {
191 err = -errno;
192 printk(UM_KERN_ERR "mconsole_notify - socket failed, "
193 "errno = %d\n", errno);
194 }
195 }
196 unlock_notify();
197
198 if (err)
199 return err;
200
201 memset(&target, 0, sizeof(target));
202 target.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
> 203 if (snprintf(target.sun_path, sizeof(target.sun_path), "%s", sock_name) >=

--
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki