linux-kernel - Re: [m68k:master 1174/1174] arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25: warning: '__builtin_memcpy' forming offset 8 is out of the bounds [0, 7]

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Date:   Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:20:00 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...org,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [m68k:master 1174/1174] arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25:
 warning: '__builtin_memcpy' forming offset 8 is out of the bounds [0, 7]

Hi Andreas,

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:13 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Mär 11 2019, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:56 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >> On Mär 11 2019, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:42 PM Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:
> >> >> No, the link fails because the compiler still emits some references to
> >> >> strlen().
> >> >
> >> > Despite -ffreestanding?!?
> >>
> >> *Because* of -ffreestanding.  Without that, strlen would be recognized
> >> and turned into __builtin_strlen.
> >
> > Now I'm confused: if we have a static inline or #define for strlen(),
>
> Do you?

I don't, but Finn's patch has, IINM.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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