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Date:   Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:14:55 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>,
        Ilan Tayari <ilant@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm tree

Hi all,

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:32:41 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/bitmap.h:8:0,
>                  from include/linux/cpumask.h:11,
>                  from include/linux/mm_types_task.h:13,
>                  from include/linux/mm_types.h:4,
>                  from include/linux/kmemcheck.h:4,
>                  from include/linux/skbuff.h:18,
>                  from include/linux/if_ether.h:23,
>                  from include/linux/etherdevice.h:25,
>                  from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c:33:
> In function 'memcpy',
>     inlined from 'mlx5_fpga_query_qp' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c:194:2:
> include/linux/string.h:315:4: error: call to '__read_overflow2' declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object passed as 2nd parameter
>     __read_overflow2();
>     ^
> 
> Caused by commit
> 
>   c151149cc4db ("include/linux/string.h: add the option of fortified string.h functions")
> 
> interacting with commit
> 
>   6062118d5cd2 ("net/mlx5: FPGA, Add FW commands for FPGA QPs")
> 
> from the net-next tree.
> 
> I took a guess and tried the following patch which seemed to work.
> 
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:24:35 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix memcpy limit?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c
> index 5cb855fd618f..e37453d838db 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/cmd.c
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int mlx5_fpga_query_qp(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	memcpy(fpga_qpc, MLX5_ADDR_OF(fpga_query_qp_out, in, fpga_qpc),
> +	memcpy(fpga_qpc, MLX5_ADDR_OF(fpga_query_qp_out, out, fpga_qpc),
>  	       MLX5_FLD_SZ_BYTES(fpga_query_qp_out, fpga_qpc));
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.11.0

Again today ... so is the fix correct?  if so, Dave should apply it, if
not someone should supply a correct fix for Dave.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell