linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove hardcoded static string length

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 18:01:42 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Cc:     Kenny Ho <Kenny.Ho@....com>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        y2kenny@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove hardcoded static string length

> I don't think there is an RFC describing RX, but the closest thing to
> a spec (https://web.mit.edu/kolya/afs/rx/rx-spec) states:
> 
> "If a server receives a packet with a type value of 13, and the
> client-initiated flag set, it should respond with a 65-byte payload
> containing a string that identifies the version of AFS software it is
> running."
> 
> So while it may not actually cause any issues (the few things that
> look at the data just truncate past 65), it's probably best to keep
> the response at a fixed 65 bytes.

Thanks for the link and the quote.

So the compiler warning/error needs to be fixed a different want.

    Andrew

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