linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dell-smbios: fix string overflow

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:02:38 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Mario Limonciello <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        "dvhart@...radead.org" <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        "Edward O'Callaghan" <quasisec@...gle.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dell-smbios: fix string overflow

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:30 PM,  <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com> wrote:
>
> % make W=1
>
> which implies some warning, W=2 a lot more.
>
> [1]: http://patches.linaro.org/cover/107779/
>
> [2]: commit bd664f6b3e376a8ef4990f87d08271cc2d01ba9a
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date:   Wed Jul 12 19:25:47 2017 -0700
>
>    disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now

I have reverted that patch locally and this is the first time I
actually hit a warning
since it landed, but that reminds me that I should check whether all my
workarounds have landed in mainline and we are ready to turn it on globally
again.

     Arnd