From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
To: Paul Louvel <paul.louvel@bootlin.com>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Fix watchdog identity truncation
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:22:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <atY1mMlBN1L93rbi@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013-w83627hf_wdt-improvements-v4-1-b6f6b60a9566@bootlin.com>
On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 03:58:45PM +0200, Paul Louvel wrote:
> The identity field in struct watchdog_info is only 32 bytes in size, but
> the identity could be at most 33 bytes in this driver, resulting in
> truncation.
> Remove the "Watchdog" suffix, as this is implied that the device is a
> watchdog if a user request his identity.
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Fixes: 3d6757a640f8 ("watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Report the probed chip name via WDIOC_GETSUPPORT")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610080027.3OsJDwfo-lkp@intel.com/
The patch doesn't really fix anything. The longest string in `chip_name`
with the " Watchdog" suffix is still under 32 bytes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-19 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 13:58 [PATCH v4 0/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Convert driver to the driver model and add minute support Paul Louvel
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Fix watchdog identity truncation Paul Louvel
2026-10-19 15:22 ` Tzung-Bi Shih [this message]
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Replace magic numbers with descriptive macros Paul Louvel
2026-10-19 15:22 ` Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Convert to platform driver model Paul Louvel
2026-10-19 15:22 ` Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Move register offsets into driver data Paul Louvel
2026-10-19 15:23 ` Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Store Super I/O configurations in platform data Paul Louvel
2026-10-19 15:23 ` Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-10-13 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Add minute mode counting Paul Louvel
2026-10-13 14:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 14:22 ` Paul Louvel
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