linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch: x86: platform: mrst: pr_err() need notice that 'sdev->modalias' may not a NUL terminated string.

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Date:	Mon, 27 May 2013 09:06:35 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: x86: platform: mrst: pr_err() need notice that
 'sdev->modalias' may not a NUL terminated string.

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 04:50:22PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> According to the areas which use "%16.16s" within this file, the
> 'sdev->modalias' may not always be a NUL terminated string.
> 
> So need use "%.16s" instead of "%s" in pr_err(), or may cause issue.

No. spi_match_id() expects a NULL terminated string and I would be suprised if
it would be otherwise. Therefore moorsetown or this files has to learn to NULL
terminate its strings.

> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>

Sebastian
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