linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: r8188eu: Makefile: don't overwrite global settings

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Message-ID: <YW2ItagPdQTgWlg4@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:46:13 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: r8188eu: Makefile: don't overwrite global
 settings

On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 02:18:30PM +0200, Michael Straube wrote:
> On 10/16/21 19:35, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> > Remove settings from the Makefile that are set by higher-level Makefiles.
> > 
> > Some of those settings might have been useful when the driver was
> > maintained out of tree.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile | 14 --------------
> >   1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > index fccf7e6d1520..8294fb69ecf9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > @@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
> > -SHELL := /bin/bash
> > -EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(USER_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
> > -EXTRA_CFLAGS += -O1
> > -
> > -ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
> >   OUTSRC_FILES :=				\
> >   		hal/HalHWImg8188E_MAC.o	\
> > @@ -46,15 +41,6 @@ _OS_INTFS_FILES :=				\
> >   _HAL_INTFS_FILES += $(OUTSRC_FILES)
> > -SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e "s/i.86/i386/; s/ppc.*/powerpc/; s/armv.l/arm/; s/aarch64/arm64/;")
> > -
> > -ARCH ?= $(SUBARCH)
> > -CROSS_COMPILE ?=
> > -KVER  ?= $(if $(KERNELRELEASE),$(KERNELRELEASE),$(shell uname -r))
> > -KSRC ?= $(if $(KERNEL_SRC),$(KERNEL_SRC),/lib/modules/$(KVER)/build)
> > -MODDESTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
> > -INSTALL_PREFIX :=
> > -
> >   rtk_core :=				\
> >   		core/rtw_ap.o		\
> >   		core/rtw_br_ext.o	\
> > 
> 
> Hi Martin, this patch introduces a GCC warning on my system.
> 
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c: In function
> 'rtw_wx_set_enc_ext':
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c:1929:9: warning: 'strncpy'
> specified bound 16 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
>  1929 |         strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name,
> IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
>       |
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As you all found out, that's due to the -O1 removal which was hiding
this mess :(

let me see if I can fix this up...

greg k-h