Re: [PATCH] powerpc/ps3: Fix repository.c build failure
From: Thorsten Blum <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-28 11:39:30
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On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 06:58:35PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
GCC fails to build ps3_defconfig with the following errors: arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c: In function ‘make_first_field.constprop’: arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c:78:9: error: ‘strnlen’ specified bound 8 exceeds source size 3 [-Werror=stringop-overread] 78 | memcpy((char *)&n, text, strnlen(text, sizeof(n))); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c: In function ‘make_first_field.constprop’: arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c:78:9: error: ‘strnlen’ specified bound 8 exceeds source size 4 [-Werror=stringop-overread] 78 | memcpy((char *)&n, text, strnlen(text, sizeof(n))); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The current use of strnlen(text, sizeof(n)) triggers -Wstringop-overread when text is a short string literal that is smaller than sizeof(n), such as "bi" or "bus". Use strlen(text) instead and clamp the copy length to sizeof(n) before memcpy(). Drop the redundant char * cast while at it. Fixes: f94a84a09148 ("powerpc/ps3: refactor strncpy usage") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <redacted> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c index b8c030eab138..0cc755ac3e7f 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ * Copyright 2006 Sony Corp. */ +#include <linux/minmax.h> + #include <asm/lv1call.h> #include "platform.h"@@ -74,8 +76,9 @@ static void _dump_node(unsigned int lpar_id, u64 n1, u64 n2, u64 n3, u64 n4, static u64 make_first_field(const char *text, u64 index) { u64 n = 0; + size_t len = min(strlen(text), sizeof(n)); - memcpy((char *)&n, text, strnlen(text, sizeof(n))); + memcpy(&n, text, len); return PS3_VENDOR_ID_NONE + (n >> 32) + index; }
Gentle ping - it's been a few weeks and the build failure is still present. Is the approach here ok or would you prefer something else? Thanks, Thorsten