Justin Stitt says:
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ethtool: Add ethtool_puts()
This series aims to implement ethtool_puts() and send out a wave 1 of
conversions from ethtool_sprintf(). There's also a checkpatch patch
included to check for the cases listed below.
This was sparked from recent discussion here [1]
The conversions are used in cases where ethtool_sprintf() was being used
with just two arguments:
| ethtool_sprintf(&data, buffer[i].name);
or when it's used with format string: "%s"
| ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", buffer[i].name);
which both now become:
| ethtool_puts(&data, buffer[i].name);
The first case commonly triggers a -Wformat-security warning with Clang
due to potential problems with format flags present in the strings [3].
The second is just a bit weird with a plain-ol' "%s".
Changes found with Cocci [4] and grep [5].
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/
202310141935.
B326C9E@keescook/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=dfb%3Aethtool_sprintf+AND+f%3Ajustinstitt
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/
202310101528.
9496539BE@keescook/
[4]: (script authored by Kees w/ modifications from Joe)
@replace_2_args@
expression BUF;
expression VAR;
@@
- ethtool_sprintf(BUF, VAR)
+ ethtool_puts(BUF, VAR)
@replace_3_args@
expression BUF;
expression VAR;
@@
- ethtool_sprintf(BUF, "%s", VAR)
+ ethtool_puts(BUF, VAR)
- ethtool_sprintf(&BUF, "%s", VAR)
+ ethtool_puts(&BUF, VAR)
[5]: $ rg "ethtool_sprintf\(\s*[^,)]+\s*,\s*[^,)]+\s*\)"
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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Changes in v5:
- updated documentation to include info about the lack of a trailing newline
(Thanks Russell)
- rebased onto mainline
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/
20231102-ethtool_puts_impl-v4-0-
14e1e9278496@google.com
Changes in v4:
- update documentation to match:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20231028192511.100001-1-andrew@lunn.ch/
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/
20231027-ethtool_puts_impl-v3-0-
3466ac679304@google.com
Changes in v3:
- fix force_speed_maps merge conflict + formatting (thanks Vladimir)
- rebase onto net-next (thanks Andrew, Vladimir)
- change subject (thanks Vladimir)
- fix checkpatch formatting + implementation (thanks Joe)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/
20231026-ethtool_puts_impl-v2-0-
0d67cbdd0538@google.com
Changes in v2:
- wrap lines better in replacement (thanks Joe, Kees)
- add --fix to checkpatch (thanks Joe)
- clean up checkpatch formatting (thanks Joe, et al.)
- rebase against next
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/
20231025-ethtool_puts_impl-v1-0-
6a53a93d3b72@google.com
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>