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[net-next,V2,06/13] net/mlx5: simplify mlx5_set_driver_version string assignments

Message ID 20231115193649.8756-7-saeed@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 10b49d0e76513a6f6890f321a10a2df0b779c761
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next,V2,01/13] net/mlx5: print change on SW reset semaphore returns busy | expand

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Commit Message

Saeed Mahameed Nov. 15, 2023, 7:36 p.m. UTC 
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

In total, just assigning this version string takes:
(1) strncpy()'s
(5) strlen()'s
(3) strncat()'s
(1) snprintf()'s
(4) max_t()'s

Moreover, `strncpy` is deprecated [1] and `strncat` really shouldn't be
used either [2]. With this in mind, let's simply use a single
`snprintf`.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.6-rc5/source/include/linux/fortify-string.h#L448 [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
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 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c    | 20 +++----------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index a17152c1cbb2..bccf6e53556c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@  static void mlx5_set_driver_version(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	int driver_ver_sz = MLX5_FLD_SZ_BYTES(set_driver_version_in,
 					      driver_version);
 	u8 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(set_driver_version_in)] = {};
-	int remaining_size = driver_ver_sz;
 	char *string;
 
 	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, driver_version))
@@ -227,22 +226,9 @@  static void mlx5_set_driver_version(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 	string = MLX5_ADDR_OF(set_driver_version_in, in, driver_version);
 
-	strncpy(string, "Linux", remaining_size);
-
-	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
-	strncat(string, ",", remaining_size);
-
-	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
-	strncat(string, KBUILD_MODNAME, remaining_size);
-
-	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
-	strncat(string, ",", remaining_size);
-
-	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
-
-	snprintf(string + strlen(string), remaining_size, "%u.%u.%u",
-		LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR, LINUX_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL,
-		LINUX_VERSION_SUBLEVEL);
+	snprintf(string, driver_ver_sz, "Linux,%s,%u.%u.%u",
+		 KBUILD_MODNAME, LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR,
+		 LINUX_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL, LINUX_VERSION_SUBLEVEL);
 
 	/*Send the command*/
 	MLX5_SET(set_driver_version_in, in, opcode,