linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf] samples/bpf: suppress compiler warning

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Message-ID: <f874efcb-f2a2-1d5f-7c43-cebdb828e465@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 16:56:34 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>, xdp-newbies@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] samples/bpf: suppress compiler warning

On 05/20/2019 11:49 PM, Matteo Croce wrote:
> GCC 9 fails to calculate the size of local constant strings and produces a
> false positive:
> 
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c: In function ‘test_debug_fs_uprobe’:
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c:242:67: warning: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size 215 [-Wformat-truncation=]
>   242 |  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/%ss/%s/id",
>       |                                                                   ^~
>   243 |    event_type, event_alias);
>       |                ~~~~~~~~~~~
> samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c:242:2: note: ‘snprintf’ output between 45 and 300 bytes into a destination of size 256
>   242 |  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/%ss/%s/id",
>       |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   243 |    event_type, event_alias);
>       |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Workaround this by lowering the buffer size to a reasonable value.
> Related GCC Bugzilla: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83431
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks!