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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: usb: asix: ax88772: Increase phy_name size
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:54:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9mlWNdvWXohc6aM@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <481268aa-c8e9-4475-bd5c-8d0f82a6652a@lunn.ch>

On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:

...

> > -	char phy_name[20];
> > +	char phy_name[MII_BUS_ID_SIZE + 5];
> 
> Could you explain the + 5?
> 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9051.c#L1156
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c#L2454
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac.h#L348
> 
> The consensus seems to be + 3.

u16, gcc can't proove the range, it assumes 65536 is the maximum.

include/linux/phy.h:312:20: note: directive argument in the range [0, 65535]

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2025-03-18 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-18 16:17 [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: usb: asix: ax88772: Increase phy_name size Andy Shevchenko
2025-03-18 16:49 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-03-18 16:54   ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2025-03-18 17:09     ` Andrew Lunn
2025-03-19 10:35       ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-03-19 10:49         ` Andy Shevchenko

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