linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] rainshadow-cec: use strlcat instead of strncat

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:15:30 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] rainshadow-cec: use strlcat instead of strncat

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:14 PM, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl> wrote:
> On 19/04/17 19:15, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> gcc warns about an obviously incorrect use of strncat():
>>
>> drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c: In function 'rain_cec_adap_transmit':
>> drivers/media/usb/rainshadow-cec/rainshadow-cec.c:299:4: error: specified bound 48 equals the size of the destination [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
>>
>> It seems that strlcat was intended here, and using that makes the
>> code correct.
>
> Oops! You're right, it should be strlcat.
>
> Which gcc version do you use? Mine (6.3.0) didn't give an error (or warning, for that matter).

I think the warning was only added in gcc-7.0.1.

     Arnd