linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm80xx: Add __nonstring annotations for unterminated strings

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Message-ID: <yq1lds6i1ol.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:55:24 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Jack Wang
 <jinpu.wang@...ud.ionos.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm80xx: Add __nonstring annotations for
 unterminated strings


Kees,

>> > When a character array without a terminating NUL character has a
>> > static initializer, GCC 15's -Wunterminated-string-initialization
>> > will only warn if the array lacks the "nonstring" attribute[1].
>> > Mark the arrays with __nonstring to and correctly identify the char
>> > array as "not a C string" and thereby eliminate the warning.

Applied to 6.16/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen