[PATCH net-next v3] net: thunderx: Fix format-truncation warning in bgx_acpi_match_id()

[PATCH net-next v3] net: thunderx: Fix format-truncation warning in bgx_acpi_match_id()

[Alok Tiwari]

The buffer bgx_sel used in snprintf() was too small to safely hold
the formatted string "BGX%d" for all valid bgx_id values. This caused
a -Wformat-truncation warning with `Werror` enabled during build.

Increase the buffer size from 5 to 7 and use `sizeof(bgx_sel)` in
snprintf() to ensure safety and suppress the warning.

Build warning:
  CC      drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.o
  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c: In function
‘bgx_acpi_match_id’:
  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c:1434:27: error: ‘%d’
directive output may be truncated writing between 1 and 3 bytes into a
region of size 2 [-Werror=format-truncation=]
    snprintf(bgx_sel, 5, "BGX%d", bgx->bgx_id);
                             ^~
  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c:1434:23: note:
directive argument in the range [0, 255]
    snprintf(bgx_sel, 5, "BGX%d", bgx->bgx_id);
                         ^~~~~~~
  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c:1434:2: note:
‘snprintf’ output between 5 and 7 bytes into a destination of size 5
    snprintf(bgx_sel, 5, "BGX%d", bgx->bgx_id);

compiler warning due to insufficient snprintf buffer size.

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
---
v2->v3
added Reviewed-by: Simon
used bgx_sel[7] as suggested by Jakub Kicinski
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250710153422.6adae255@kernel.org/
v1->v2
No changes. Targeting for net-next.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250708160957.GQ452973@horms.kernel.org/
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
index 3b7ad744b2dd6..21495b5dce254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
@@ -1429,9 +1429,9 @@ static acpi_status bgx_acpi_match_id(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl,
 {
 	struct acpi_buffer string = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 	struct bgx *bgx = context;
-	char bgx_sel[5];
+	char bgx_sel[7];
 
-	snprintf(bgx_sel, 5, "BGX%d", bgx->bgx_id);
+	snprintf(bgx_sel, sizeof(bgx_sel), "BGX%d", bgx->bgx_id);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_name(handle, ACPI_SINGLE_NAME, &string))) {
 		pr_warn("Invalid link device\n");
 		return AE_OK;
-- 
2.46.0

Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: thunderx: Fix format-truncation warning in bgx_acpi_match_id()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:05:30 -0700 you wrote:
> The buffer bgx_sel used in snprintf() was too small to safely hold
> the formatted string "BGX%d" for all valid bgx_id values. This caused
> a -Wformat-truncation warning with `Werror` enabled during build.
> 
> Increase the buffer size from 5 to 7 and use `sizeof(bgx_sel)` in
> snprintf() to ensure safety and suppress the warning.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v3] net: thunderx: Fix format-truncation warning in bgx_acpi_match_id()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/53d20606c406

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