linux-kernel - fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting

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Message-ID: <CAOTh5U2NwGU68cwzX2amhzPyj_=f0pm4CO4biR4m1DX49MJkUw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:21:44 -0600
From:   Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb.kuzminsky@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting

"ethtool -i" on a bnx2x interface causes kernel panic when the
firmware version is longer than expected.  The attached patch fixes
the problem by simplifying the string handling in bnx2x_fill_fw_str().
It applies cleanly to 4.14 and 4.17-rc1.

--
Sebastian Kuzminsky

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