netdev - Re: [PATCH] i40e: Use correct buffer size

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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 09:31:12 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
Cc: jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	shannon.nelson@....com, kunwu.chan@...mail.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: Use correct buffer size

On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 07:01:46PM +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> The size of "i40e_dbg_command_buf" is 256, the size of "name" is
> at most 256, plus a null character and the format size,
> the total size should be 516.

Hi Kunwu Chan,

Thanks for your patch.

I'm slightly confused as to why name is at most 256 bytes.
I see that name is IFNAMSIZ = 16 bytes.

In any case, perhaps we could make buf_size dependent on it's
constituent variables, to make things a bit clearer and
a bit more robust.

Something like this (completely untested!):

	int buf_size = IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(i40e_dbg_command_buf) + 4;

Also, I'm not clear if this addresses a problem that can manifest in
practice. Which affects if it it should be treated as a fix for iwl-net
with a fixes tag, or as a feature for iwl-next without a fixes tag.

In either case, if you repost, please designate the target tree in the
Subject line. Something like this:

	Subject: [PATCH iwl-next] ...

Lastly, when reposting patches, please allow 24h to elapse since
the previous posting.

Link: https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

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