netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] treewide: Convert some ethtool_sprintf() to ethtool

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:59:10 -0700
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] treewide: Convert some ethtool_sprintf() to ethtool_puts()

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2023-10-25 at 23:40 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> > This patch converts some basic cases of ethtool_sprintf() to
> > ethtool_puts().
> >
> > The conversions are used in cases where ethtool_sprintf() was being used
> > with just two arguments:
> > >       ethtool_sprintf(&data, buffer[i].name);
>
> OK.
>
> > or when it's used with format string: "%s"
> > >       ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", buffer[i].name);
> > > which both now become:
> > >       ethtool_puts(&data, buffer[i].name);
>
> Why do you want this conversion?
> Is it not possible for .name to contain a formatting field?

The case of using just two arguments to a ethtool_sprintf
call may cause -Wformat-security warnings. If it did indeed
have format specifiers then we would have more format
specifiers than arguments. Not ideal.

The second case of having a standalone "%s" isn't
necessarily bad or wrong. I used this exact approach to
replace some strncpy() usage in net drivers [1].

I'm working off guidance from Andrew Lunn [2] and Kees
who said it may be a good idea to tidy this up with a puts().

All in all, this patch doesn't do much but fix some warnings
and provide a more obvious interface. The number of
actual replacements are relatively low (around 20ish) so
I was hoping to sneak them in via this series.

>

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=dfb%3Aethtool_sprintf+AND+f%3Ajustinstitt
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a958d35e-98b6-4a95-b505-776482d1150c@lunn.ch/

Thanks
Justin