From: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com>
To: khalasa@piap.pl, khc@pm.waw.pl, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
skhan@linuxfoundation.org, david.hunter.linux@gmail.com,
Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3] hdlc_ppp: fix potential null pointer in ppp_cp_event logging
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 01:43:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013014319.1608706-1-kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com> (raw)
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c: In function ‘ppp_cp_event’:
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c:353:17: warning: ‘%s’ directive argument is null [-Wformat-overflow=]
353 | netdev_info(dev, "%s down\n", proto_name(pid));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c:342:17: warning: ‘%s’ directive argument is null [-Wformat-overflow=]
342 | netdev_info(dev, "%s up\n", proto_name(pid));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Update proto_name() to return "LCP" by default instead of NULL.
This change silences the compiler without changing existing behavior
and removes the need for the local 'pname' variable in ppp_cp_event.
Suggested-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@piap.pl>
Signed-off-by: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- Retarget patch to net-next (cleanup, not bugfix)
- Remove 'Fixes' tag
- Drop explicit PID_LCP case in proto_name() per Chris’s suggestion
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251003092918.1428164-1-kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com/
- Target the net tree with proper subject prefix "[PATCH net]"
- Update proto_name() to return "LCP" by default instead of NULL
- Remove local 'pname' variable in ppp_cp_event
- Add Suggested-by tag for Krzysztof Hałasa
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251002180541.1375151-1-kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com/
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
index 7496a2e9a282..159295c4bd6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
@@ -126,14 +126,12 @@ static inline struct proto *get_proto(struct net_device *dev, u16 pid)
static inline const char *proto_name(u16 pid)
{
switch (pid) {
- case PID_LCP:
- return "LCP";
case PID_IPCP:
return "IPCP";
case PID_IPV6CP:
return "IPV6CP";
default:
- return NULL;
+ return "LCP";
}
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-13 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-13 1:43 Kriish Sharma [this message]
2025-10-14 4:26 ` [PATCH net-next v3] hdlc_ppp: fix potential null pointer in ppp_cp_event logging Krzysztof Hałasa
2025-10-14 11:46 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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