* Building `rt-tests` v2.9 fails with `Werror=format-overflow`
@ 2026-01-03 17:27 Maximilian Bosch
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From: Maximilian Bosch @ 2026-01-03 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-rt-users
Hi!
On a GCC 15.2, compiling rt-tests 2.9 fails for me with the following
error:
rt-tests> src/pmqtest/pmqtest.c: In function 'main':
rt-tests> src/pmqtest/pmqtest.c:32:21: error: '__builtin___sprintf_chk' may write a terminating nul past the end of the destination [-Werror=format-overflow=]
rt-tests> 32 | #define TESTMQ_NAME "/testmsg%d"
rt-tests> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
rt-tests> src/pmqtest/pmqtest.c:644:33: note: in expansion of macro 'TESTMQ_NAME'
rt-tests> 644 | sprintf(mqname, TESTMQ_NAME, i);
rt-tests> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
rt-tests> src/pmqtest/pmqtest.c:32:32: note: format string is defined here
rt-tests> 32 | #define TESTMQ_NAME "/testmsg%d"
rt-tests> | ^
I assume this is
* 8 chars for /testmsg
* 10 chars for INT_MAX
* 1 char for a minus (this probably can't happen, but the compiler still
takes it into account - I assume?)
* One nullbyte
Which can exceed the char pointer of 19 bytes by one byte.
While this is a case that won't happen (given the construction of the
for loop), the compiler still complains because of `-Werror`.
Best
Maximilian
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