linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 3/4] net: phy: Allow pre-declaration of MDIO devices

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Message-ID: <b14f74a5-4282-4735-ab90-975e1a563d34@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:08:07 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Marvell Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 3/4] net: phy: Allow pre-declaration of MDIO
 devices

On 02/06/2017 05:48 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>> index 8a57f0b1242d..8850fcaf50db 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>> @@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ struct platform_device_id {
>>  	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
>>  };
>>  
>> +#define MDIO_NAME_SIZE		32
> 
> ...
> 
>> +struct mdio_board_info {
>> +	const char	*bus_id;
>> +	char		modalias[MDIO_NAME_SIZE];
>> +
> 
> I think it might be better to use MII_BUS_ID_SIZE. These are all
> related, so using one define should avoid surprise buffer overruns,
> truncation's.

I considered doing that, but left it that way because I valued the
"const" qualifier more than running out of buffer space. What I could do
though, is change the strcmp() in drivers/net/phy/mdio-boardinfo.c to be
bound by MII_BUS_ID_SIZE.
-- 
Florian