[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] kni: fix build with gcc 8.1

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/20/2018 10:01 AM, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stable [mailto:stable-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ferruh Yigit
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 1:09 PM
>> To: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] kni: fix build with gcc 8.1
>>
>> Error observed when CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL config option is
>> enabled.
>>
>> build error:
>> In function ‘strncpy’,
>>     inlined from ‘igb_get_drvinfo’ at
>>     .../dpdk/build/build/kernel/linux/kni/igb_ethtool.c:814:2:
>>     .../include/linux/string.h:246:9: error: ‘__builtin_strncpy’ output
>>     may be truncated copying 31 bytes from a string of length 42
>>     [-Werror=stringop-truncation]
>>       return __builtin_strncpy(p, q, size);
>>                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Fixed by reducing the adapter->fw_version size and adjusting strncpy limit size.
>>
>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>
> 
> Fixes line?

I will add.

>  
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> 
> ...
> 
>> --- a/kernel/linux/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
>> +++ b/kernel/linux/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
>> @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static void igb_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>>  	strncpy(drvinfo->version, igb_driver_version, sizeof(drvinfo->version) -
>> 1);
>>
>>  	strncpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->fw_version,
>> -		sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version) - 1);
>> +		sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version));
>>  	strncpy(drvinfo->bus_info, pci_name(adapter->pdev), sizeof(drvinfo-
>>> bus_info) -1);
> 
> This patch fixes the compilation issue, but should we use strlcpy instead of strncpy?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pablo
>