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From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: "Hans Verkuil" <hverkuil@kernel.org>,
	"Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
	"Malcolm Priestley" <tvboxspy@gmail.com>,
	"Rusty Russell" <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	"Petr Pavlu" <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
	"Daniel Gomez" <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
	"Sami Tolvanen" <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] media: radio: si470x: Fix DRIVER_AUTHOR macro definition
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 08:24:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50a789ce-bc76-451b-81e4-2286683f6a17@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251008035938.838263-2-kees@kernel.org>

On 08/10/2025 05:59, Kees Cook wrote:
> The DRIVER_AUTHOR macro incorrectly included a semicolon in its
> string literal definition. Right now, this wasn't causing any real
> problem, but coming changes to the MODULE_INFO() macro make this more
> sensitive. Specifically, when used with MODULE_AUTHOR(), this created
> syntax errors during macro expansion:
> 
>     MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
> 
> expands to:
> 
>     MODULE_INFO(author, "Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com>";)
>                                                                   ^
>                                                        syntax error
> 
> Remove the trailing semicolon from the DRIVER_AUTHOR definition.
> Semicolons should only appear at the point of use, not in the macro
> definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>

> ---
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> Cc: <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-i2c.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-i2c.c b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-i2c.c
> index cdd2ac198f2c..3932a449a1b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-i2c.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>  
>  
>  /* driver definitions */
> -#define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com>";
> +#define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com>"
>  #define DRIVER_CARD "Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio"
>  #define DRIVER_DESC "I2C radio driver for Si470x FM Radio Receivers"
>  #define DRIVER_VERSION "1.0.2"


  reply	other threads:[~2025-10-08  6:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-08  3:59 [PATCH 0/3] module: Add compile-time check for embedded NUL characters Kees Cook
2025-10-08  3:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] media: dvb-usb-v2: lmedm04: Fix firmware macro definitions Kees Cook
2025-10-08  6:24   ` Hans Verkuil
2025-10-08  3:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] media: radio: si470x: Fix DRIVER_AUTHOR macro definition Kees Cook
2025-10-08  6:24   ` Hans Verkuil [this message]
2025-10-08  3:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] module: Add compile-time check for embedded NUL characters Kees Cook
2025-10-08  9:55   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-12-08 21:05   ` Luck, Tony
2025-12-09  0:11     ` Eric Biggers
2025-12-09  8:18       ` Daniel Gomez
2025-12-09 16:20         ` Luck, Tony
2025-12-09 16:45           ` Luck, Tony
2025-12-09 18:29             ` Luck, Tony
2025-12-10  1:00               ` Sami Tolvanen
2025-12-10 22:29                 ` Luck, Tony
2025-12-11  8:28                   ` Dan Carpenter
2025-12-11 17:03                     ` Sami Tolvanen
2025-12-11 17:30                       ` Daniel Gomez
2025-12-11 17:51                         ` Sami Tolvanen
2025-12-19 12:45                         ` Dan Carpenter
2025-12-19 16:21                           ` Luck, Tony
2026-01-08  8:49                             ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-02-18  6:50                               ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-02-19 17:04                             ` Chris Li
2025-10-08  6:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Hans Verkuil

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